When the Devil Holds the Candle - Hardcover

Fossum, Karin; David, Felicity

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151011885 ISBN 13: 9780151011889

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

Synopsis

When the theft of a purse from a stroller results in an infant's death, two teenagers are in trouble. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing still another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his ever-reliable switchblade. Motionless in the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out.

Inspector Konrad Sejer and his colleague Jacob Skarre see no connection between the infant's death and the reported disappearance of a local delinquent. And so while the confusion in the world outside mounts, the chilling, heart-stopping truth unfolds inside the old woman's home.

Unflappable as ever, Sejer digs below the surface of small-town tranquillity in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives. Another brilliantly observed, precisely rendered psychological mystery from the highly acclaimed Karin Fossum.

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Review:

Praise for "Don't Look Back": "Fossum's presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction."--"Sunday Times"

From the Publisher:

A psychological thriller with Karin Fossum's trademark skill of looking realistically, terrifyingly, into the criminal mind. As always, the line between victim and killer is fine and easily crossed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0151011885
• ISBN 13: 9780151011889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 259