Hellfire
Published on 8. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-78470-034-8 (ISBN)
Description
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...
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...
Reviews / Votes
A contemporary Patricia Highsmith * Irish Times * Fossum writes humane thrillers which perturb and chill * Observer * Fossum's intelligence compassion...is not often found in the pages of crime fiction -- Donna Leon * Sunday Times * A superb writer of psychological suspense * New York Times * There's always something dark hovering on the edge of the page, something about getting what you wish for and the crushing irony when that gift proves your undoing * New York Times Book Review * Superb... less a police procedural than a portrait of a society in crisis... the slow, deliberate revelation of the story behind the crime is dramatic and heartbreaking * Publishers Weekly * Fossum traces the parallels between the mothers and sons so patiently, precisely, and compassionately that even fans who know all too well what's bound to happen when their paths converge will be shocked into fresh grief themselves * Kirkus Reviews * One of Karin Fossum's best crime stories... Fossum expertly captures the nuances of everyday life and the way in which people struggle to make sense of life... Karin Fossum is in a class of her own as a crime writer * Dagsavisen, Norway * The opening scene showcases Fossum at her best - the dank camper van, the heat and the brutal murders. The detailed, subdued tone; the grotesque in the middle of the everyday * Dagbladet, Norway * High-quality crime of the best, international standard. She has now focused her attention on a novel which, in my opinion, has to be one of her very best... So disturbing, riveting and painful that you can't help but be drawn in * Tonsberg Blad, Norway *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78470-034-8 (9781784700348)
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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.