Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime · Paperback

The Indian Bride

Norwegian title: Elskede Poona

When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None of the "good people of Elvestad" can believe that anyone among them would be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet, formal way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that good people can commit atrocious deeds, and that no one is altogether innocent—including the café owner who knows too much, the girl who wants to be a chief witness, and the bodybuilder with no outlet for his terrible strength.

Another brilliantly conceived, dark novel from one of Europe’s most successful crime writers.

This is the fifth book about Inspector Sejer.

Winner of The Brage Prize and The LA Times Best Novel Award.

Material available

✓ Synopsis & author CV
✓ Full manuscript (Norwegian)
✓ Sample translation on request

Original publisher

Cappelen Damm

Publication

2010

Length

272 pages

Format

Paperback

Genre

Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime

Foreign rights

Sold to 30 territories

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