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The Drowned Boy

Norwegian title: Carmen Zita og døden

Karin Fossum

"He´d just learned to walk" she said. "He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone."

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene, as there is something troubling about the mother´s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get the truth.

This is the eleventh book about Inspector Sejer.

Fossum´s Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date. IRISH TIMES

Karin Fossums minimalist police procedurals have a stealthy way of mutating into richer, if also darker, psychological studies of criminals and their victims.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

A gripping story, balanced, believable and compassionate.GUARDIAN