Book description
One summer evening Lily and her husband are enjoying a meal while
their baby daughter sleeps peacefully in her pram in the garden. But
then Lily steps outside to find her baby soaked in blood.
The distraught parents rush to the hospital where they discover that
she is unharmed - the blood isn't hers. Inspector Sejer is called in
and spends the evening trying to comprehend why anyone would carry out
such a sinister prank. Then, just before midnight, somebody rings his doorbell.
The corridor is empty, but the caller has left a small grey envelope
on the mat. Inside it, Sejer finds a postcard bearing a short message:
Hell begins now...
Karin Fossum began her writing career in 1974. She 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.
