Black Seconds - Hardcover

Fossum, Karin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151015279 ISBN 13: 9780151015276

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

Ida Joner gets on her brand-new bike and sets off toward town. A good-natured, happy girl, she is looking forward to her tenth birthday. Thirty-five minutes after Ida should have come home, her mother starts to worry. She phones store owners, Ida’s friends—anyone who could have seen her. But no one has.

Suspicion immediately falls on Emil Mork, a local character who lives alone and hasn’t spoken since childhood. His mother insists on cleaning his house weekly—although she’s sometimes afraid of what she might find there. A mother’s worst nightmare in either case—to lose a child or to think a child capable of murder. As Ida’s relatives reach the breaking point and the media frenzy surrounding the case begins, Inspector Konrad Sejer is his usual calm and reassuring self. But he’s puzzled. And disturbed. This is the strangest case he’s seen in years.

About this title

Review:

"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)

Book Description:

A little girl seems to have vanished without trace. Inspector Sejer must find her before it's too late in this gripping thriller from pyschological crime writer Karin Fossum

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0151015279
• ISBN 13: 9780151015276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 266