Mystery and Crime · Hardback

The Night Runner

Norwegian title: Natteløperen

Karin Fossum

In the dead of night he suddenly stands at the bedside of his victims, wordlessly pointing his gun at them... But who gets to live, and who will die?Fear is running rampant in a small Norwegian town: three people have survived attacks by the burglar known as The Night Runner – but how long until the first victim dies? Inspector Eddie Feber is sure that the mysterious number combinations at the crime scenes provide a clue - will he solve the mystery in time? What Feber doesn't know is that close to him, young Meidel Jonsson also feels that he is suffocating from fear: the day when his father is released from prison is getting closer and closer - and with him evil will return...REVIEWS

«A charming detective and a nerve-wrecking crazy killer. This is Fossum-crime of the top shelf!»Dagbladet *****«The Night Runner is yet another insightful crime about those who exist on the outside. A large story in a small format, told by an author who is still at the top in her genre. After 18 published novels that's no small feat!»VG *****

«... entertaining and elegant novel from one of our incisive Norwegian crime writers.»Tønsbergs blad *****«The novel belongs to the top shelf because Karin Fossum is unusually elegant in her writing. She writes simply, varied and poetically. Different environments are described with atmosphere. The sentences can be crystal clear and full of significance at the same time. But most importantly: Karin Fossum doesn't settle for writing about police and robbers. That makes her crime novel something more than crime novels. ... Karin Fossum's language is precise and well written. Thus, a paragraph can say more than thousand words.»Aftenposten«The nuanced and close-up portraits of the criminal mind is something that characterise Fossums writing style, and which lifts her from pure crime to readers with a taste for the literary.»NRK

«It is the descriptions and revelations of these combinations and variations in human behaviours that makes Karin Fossum's crime novels such strong reading experiences. She lets us into the dark corners, and shows us people who live on the borderlands.»Dagsavisen