The Water's Edge
  • Published: 1 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099555049
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00
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The Water's Edge

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1 Aug 2012
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Inspector Sejer must track down a sinister figure who fled from the scene of a terrible crime in this brilliant psychological thriller from the Norwegian 'Queen of Crime'

A couple out walking in the woods discover the dead body of a half-naked boy.

To Kristine's horror her husband begins to take photographs of the corpse on his mobile phone, but this proves only the beginning of his obsession with the case.

Inspector Sejer is called to the scene but he can find no immediate cause of death. And who was the agitated man the couple saw moments before their discovery? Then, a second boy goes missing, and the once peaceful community is left deeply shaken.

Is there a killer within their midst?
  • Published: 1 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9780099555049
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

About the author

Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum’s critically acclaimed novels have won numerous prizes. She is two-time winner of the prestigious Riverton Award and has also won the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than forty countries.

portrait photo of Karin Fossum

Also by Karin Fossum

The Whisperer
Hellfire
The Drowned Boy
The Murder of Harriet Krohn
I Can See in the Dark
In the Darkness
The Caller
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Praise for The Water's Edge

If you're in search of an antidote to the in-your-face energy of American crime fiction, this quiet, slender, bracingly bleak tale could well be it

The Sunday Times

As a portrait of a community possessed by suspicion, The Water's Edge can scarcely be bettered

Independent

It's heart-rending, sometimes cold, forensic writing; she pushes you into tight, uncomfortable corners. She's good

Scotsman

It's difficult to out-creep Karin Fossum

Time Out

An exceptionally fine story, Fossum's real narrative appeal rests on her ability to see the humanity in even the most wretched soul

New York Times

A chilling story of small-town obsession and death

Seattle Times
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