Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime · Paperback

He Who Fears the Wolf

Norwegian title: Den som frykter ulven

Karin Fossum

A twelve-year-old boy runs into the local police station, claiming to have seen a corpse in the woods. Errki Johrma, an escaped psychiatric patient, was spotted at the scene, before vanishing into the trees.

The next morning a bank in a nearby town is robbed at gunpoint. The gunman takes a hostage and flees. As his plans starts to come apart he, unlike his passive hostage, rapidly loses control. Meanwhile the search for the killer has developed into a manhunt - everyone is looking for the enigmatic Errki.

This is the third book about Inspector Sejer.

Fascinating reading.SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

If you like the Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, you´ll also enjoy the work of Karin Fossum. He Who Fears The Wolf is distinguished by a humane approach to its troubled characters. INDEPENDENT

Fossum´s presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction.DONNA LEON, SUNDAY TIMES