Konrad Sejer Series

This series of detective novels follows a pragmatic and empathetic inspector in Oslo. The stories delve into the dark corners of human psychology and Norway's societal issues. Each case uncovers complex motivations and long-hidden secrets, keeping readers gripped until the very end. The narrative expertly blends suspense with profound character studies.

Recommended Reading Order

1
In The Darkness
Karin Fossum
3.6(88)Add rating
On a cold April day, Eva Magnus and her little daughter discover a dead man floating in the river. But Eva doesn't call the police, she instead tries to block out the sight of the dead man in terror. Why? When the police find the man, who has been stabbed to death, the investigation ends up on the desk of Criminal Inspector Konrad Sejer. At the same time, he is unraveling a murder of a prostitute that happened only a few days earlier. Sejer soon sees several connections between the murders. Among other things, one name returns — Eva Magnus.
2
Don't Look Back
Karin Fossum
3.8(8574)Add rating
Don't Look Back heralds the arrival of an exotic new crime series featuring Inspector Sejer, a smart and enigmatic hero, tough but fair. The setting is a small, idyllic village at the foot of Norway's Kollen Mountain, where neighbors know neighbors and children play happily in the streets. But when the body of a teenage girl is found by the lake at the mountaintop, the town's tranquility is shattered forever. Annie was strong, intelligent, and loved by everyone. What went so terribly wrong? Doggedly, yet subtly, Inspector Sejer uncovers layer upon layer of distrust and lies beneath the town's seemingly perfect facade. Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are masterfully constructed, psychologically convincing, and compulsively readable, and are now available in the United States for the first time.
3
He Who Fears The Wolf
Karin Fossum
3.8(4964)Add rating
A twelve-year-old boy runs into his local police station claiming to have seen a brutally dismembered corpse. Errki's doctor refuses to believe that he could have committed such an horrific act and, for the first time since his wife's death, Inspector Sejer finds himself intrigued by another woman.
4
When the Devil Holds the Candle
Karin Fossum
3.9(60)Add rating
Andreas's disappearance is a mystery to all, including his inseparable friend Zipp. But as much as the police question him, its not easy for Zipp to come forward with details of the last time he saw his friend: following an old woman into her home, brandishing his knife. Zipp waited anxiously outside but Andreas failed to reappear.
5
Calling out for You
Karin Fossum
400 pages
14 hours of reading
3.8(294)Add rating
Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister's bedside.
5
La Mort indienne
Various authors
Gunder Jomann, célibataire endurci, part en Inde dans l'espoir de rencontrer celle qui deviendra sa femme. Ce n'est que quelques semaines plus tard que Poona le rejoint en Norvège. Mais le jour de son arrivée, rien ne se passe comme prévu. Le corps mutilé d'une jeune femme est retrouvé près de chez Gunder. Qui est-elle ? Qui à Elvestad est capable d'une telle inhumanité ? L'inspecteur Konrad Sejer, lui, sait que chacun est capable du pire. La mort indienne est la troisième enquête du commissaire Konrad Sejer.
6
Black Seconds
Karin Fossum
3.6(133)Add rating
Ida Joner gets on her brand-new bike and sets off to buy sweets. A good-natured, happy girl, she is looking forward to her tenth birthday. Thirty-five minutes after Ida should have come home, Helga Joner, her mother, starts to worry. She phones the shop and various friends, but no one has seen her daughter. As the family goes out looking for Ida, Helga's worst nightmare becomes reality, and they contact the police.Hundreds of volunteers comb the neighbourhood, but there are no traces of Ida or her bike. As the relatives reach breaking point and the media frenzy begins, Inspector Sejer is calm and reassuring. But he finds the case puzzling. Usually missing children are found within forty-eight hours. Ida Joner seems to have vanished without a trace.
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The Murder of Harriet Krohn. Der Mord an Harriet Krohn, englische Ausgabe
Karin Fossum
304 pages
11 hours of reading
3.1(126)Add rating
A brilliant why-dunit from Norway's 'Queen of Crime'. Charlo Torp has problems. He's grieving for his late wife, he's lost his job, and gambling debts have alienated him from his teenage daughter. Desperate, his solution is to rob an elderly woman of her money and silverware. But Harriet Krohn fights back, and Charlo loses control. Wracked with guilt, Charlo attempts to rebuild his life. But the police are catching up with him, and Inspector Konrad Sejer has never lost a case yet. Told through the eyes of a killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: how far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterwards?
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The Water's Edge (Inspector Sejer, 23)
Karin Fossum
240 pages
9 hours of reading
4.2(225)Add rating
A couple out walking in the woods discover the dead body of a half-naked boy. To Kristine's horror her husband begins to take photographs of the corpse on his mobile phone, but this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case. Inspector Sejer is called to the scene but he can find no immediate cause of death. And who was the agitated man the couple saw moments before their discovery? Then, a second boy goes missing, and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken. Is there a killer within their midst?
9
Bad intentions
Karin Fossum
192 pages
7 hours of reading
4.0(40)Add rating
Early one September three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return. When the body of the third friend is discovered, Inspector Sejer is put in charge of the investigation.
10
The Caller
Karin Fossum
256 pages
9 hours of reading
4.3(145)Add rating
Inspector Sejer investigates the delivery of a threatening postcard that coincides with the discovery of a child who was found covered in blood but unharmed in her stroller.
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The Drowned Boy
Karin Fossum
240 pages
9 hours of reading
3.6(40)Add rating
A brand new addition to the captivating Inspector Sejer series from Norway's finest crime writer
12
Hellfire
Karin Fossum
288 pages
11 hours of reading
3.8(216)Add rating
A mother and child are found dead in an old caravan on a remote piece of land. There is a bloody footprint at the scene. Meanwhile, another mother confesses to her son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, now the focus of the boy's obsession, is not his real father. Chief Inspector Sejer is tasked with investigating the murder – and soon receives important information about the two families...
13
The Whisperer
Karin Fossum
288 pages
11 hours of reading
3.5(461)Add rating
She has an exceptional eye for fragility and vulnerability, and the complexity and dark humour of these states of mind.' AFTENPOSTEN'Hviskeren contains all of the elements that make Fossum one of Norway's foremost crime authors: Deep psychological insight ...