Book description
Eva is walking by the river one afternoon when a body floats to the
surface of the icy water. She tells her daughter to wait patiently
while she calls the police, but when she reaches the phone box Eva
dials another number altogether.
The dead man, Egil, has been missing for months, and it doesn't take
long for Inspector Sejer and his team to establish that he was the
victim of a very violent killer. But the trail has gone cold. It's as
puzzling as another unsolved case on Sejer's desk: the murder of a
prostitute who was found dead just before Egil went missing.
While Sejer is trying to piece together the fragments of a seemingly
impossible case, Eva gets a phone call late one night. A stranger
speaks and then swiftly hangs up. Eva looks out into the darkness and
listens. All is quiet.
Gripping and thought-provoking, In the Darkness is Karin
Fossum's first novel featuring the iconic Inspector Sejer. The
prizewinning series has been published around the world to great acclaim.
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.
