The Water's Edge
Book 8 of Inspector Sejer Mysteries
Language: English
Detective Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Investigation Murder Murder - Investigation Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Mystery And Suspense Fiction Mystery fiction Norway Norwegian (Language) Contemporary Fiction Police Procedural Psychological Sejer; Konrad (Fictitious character) Suspense
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: Jul 7, 2009
Description:
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Amarried couple, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris, are out for a Sunday walk when they discover the body of a boy and see the figure of a man limping away. They alert the police, but not before Reinhardt, to Kristine’s horror, kneels down and takes photographs of the dead child with his cell phone. Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre begin to make inquiries in the little town of Solberglia. But then another boy disappears, and an explanation seems more remote than ever. Meanwhile, the Ris’s marriage starts to unravel as Reinhardt becomes obsessed with the tragic events and his own part in them. A riveting portrayal of a communityits insiders, its outsiders, its fissures, and its secretsfrom Norway’s "Queen of Crime," Karin Fossum. (20090816)