Mystery and Crime · Hardback

Most Beloved

Norwegian title: Aller kjæreste

Karin Fossum

The sixth book about Eddie Feber by Norway's Queen of Crime

A young boy on a bicycle is hit by a car in the roundabout at Borgestad Church. He does not survive. His three friends believe the car was a gray Audi and that the driver was a woman. The clues lead investigator Eddie Feber and his team to the house where designer Bella Lundin lives with her German Shepherd Jon. But the story is not so simple, it is like a game of dominoes where the fall of one piece constantly leads to new falls in the lives of more and more people.

Most Beloved is an obsessive book about the fight for the inalienable, the most precious.

«Most Beloved is short, but never feels sparse. This is likely due to both Fossum’s extensive experience and her background as a poet. Every sentence has a purpose.(…)Fossum demonstrates that it is entirely possible to write a complete crime novel—with complex characters and intense suspense—in under 200 pages. I wish more authors shared that ambition.»Morgenbladet

«It is like a game of dominoes where the fall of one tile constantly leads to new falls in more and more people's lives. And with Fossum as a confident guide, Most Beloved becomes a psychological thriller that captivates, and where towards the end, the author ties the threads together as expertly as she does elegantly.»BOK 365

«(...) extremely powerful and unforgettable scenes»NRK

»Most Beloved offers surprising twists until the very last page (...) Victims, perpetrators, and law enforcement are treated with finely honed irony and empathy. The language fits as tightly as a well-tailored glove."

«(...) In Most Beloved , Karin Fossum shows that she belongs in the master class.»Dagsavisen

«I never cease to be impressed by Karin Fossum, who must be the best writer we have when it comes to creating eerie psychological thrillers.»Dagbladet, five/six stars

«She is a master at creating environments that are simple, often set in the outskirts of big cities that most of us will quickly recognise. This makes the texts existential in a very intimate way. (...) Life is inscrutable, and Karin Fossum tries to find out why life is exactly that. The unease spreads to the reader, and it stays there long after the last page has been read.»Fri fagbevegelse