When the Devil Holds the Candle
$31.89
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2014
Summary
A brilliantly taut, atmospheric thriller starring Inspector Sejer from Norway’s ‘Queen of Crime’.
Andreas’s disappearance is a mystery to all, including his inseparable friend Zipp. But as much as the police question him, it’s 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.
Inspector Sejer and his colleague Skarre are b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099565482 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 009956548X |
| Author: | Karin Fossum, Felicity David |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Inspector Sejer |
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Critics Review
Like the best Rendell…she tackles the reasons people commit crimes and the devastating effect it has on the protagonists’ lives * Good Book Guide *
Explores the process of scapegoating, and the awful human cost of false accusations … may well bring the half-Swedish Ruth Rendell irresistibly to mind – Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Fossum’s elucidation of the criminally degenerate mind is first-rate * Mail on Sunday *
An engrossing pyschological thriller * Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
Karin Fossum
Karin Fossum’s critically acclaimed novels have won numerous prizes. She is two-time winner of the prestigious Riverton Award and has also won the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than forty countries.
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