Black Seconds - Inspector Sejer (Paperback)
Karin Fossum (author), Charlotte Barslund (translator)Published: 07/11/2013
Nine-year-old Ida Joner gets on her brand-new bike and sets off to buy sweets. Thirty-five minutes after Ida should have come home, her mother, Helga, starts to worry. She phones the shop and various friends, but no one has seen her daughter. As the family being to search for Ida, Helga's worst nightmare becomes reality.
As the police are called in, hundreds of volunteers comb the neighbourhood, but there are no traces of the little girl, or her bike. As the relatives reach breaking point and the media frenzy begins, Inspector Sejer struggles to remains calm and reassuring. But usually missing children are found within forty-eight hours. Ida seems to have vanished without a trace.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099565529
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 245 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
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There is no room for debate: the most important female writer of foreign crime fiction at work today is the Norwegian Karin Fossum - Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Possibly the most popular foreign crime writer in translation, the Norgwegian Karin Fossum is an intelligent author who delivers more than a smart plot by way of psychological insight and clear-eyed characterisation - Daily Mail
Fossum is frequently compared to Ruth Rendell, but Black Seconds is much more reminiscent of the psychological thrillers of Patricia Highsmith. Fossum is a clever writer; this is her most cunning tale yet - Daily Express
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