He Who Fears the Wold: An Inspector Sejer Mystery

Fossum, Karin

ISBN 10: 0156030497 / ISBN 13: 9780156030496

Published by Harvest Book/Harcourt, New York, 2006

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Nice, unsold, unread first U.S. trade paperback edition, 1st printing of this Insp. Sejer mystery set in Norway.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: He Who Fears the Wold: An Inspector Sejer Mystery
• Publisher: Harvest Book/Harcourt, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156030497
• ISBN 13: 9780156030496
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st U.S. Trade Paperback Edition, 1st Pr
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Continental Mysteries

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Synopsis

Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating the brutal murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is another loner, a schizophrenic recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness is a twelve-year-old boy, overweight, obsessed with archery, and a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a nearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance.

Shrewdly, patiently, as is his way, Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangeness of the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals, and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information he tries to collect. Fossum once again provides extraordinary insight into marginalized lives and richly evokes the atmosphere she captured so brilliantly in Don't Look Back.
 

About the Author

KARIN FOSSUM is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller. She lives in Norway.