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The Drowned Boy (Inspector Sejer)

The Drowned Boy (Inspector Sejer)

by Kari Dickson (Translator), Karin Fossum (Author)

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    Paperback 2015

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Synopsis

'He'd just learnt to walk,' she said. 'He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.' A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother's story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 04 Jun 2015
ISBN 10: 1846558549
ISBN 13: 9781846558542
Book Overview: The new Inspector Sejer novel

Media Reviews
Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date -- Declan Burke Irish Times Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date -- Declan Burke Irish Times A simple but gripping story, balanced, believable and compassionate, about a sensitive subject -- Laura Wilson Guardian Nordic noir of note GQ A tightly woven tale in spare but piercing prose Metro
Author Bio
Karin Fossum has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than thirty countries.