When the Devil Holds the Candle - Softcover

Fossum, Karin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156032120 ISBN 13: 9780156032124

Publisher: Harpervia, 2007

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 272 Publisher: Mariner Books Pulling a handbag from a pushchair handle two teenage trouble-makers. Zipp and Andreas unwittingly commit murder when the baby inside is thrown to the ground. Unaware of what has happened. the pair move on to their next target. Having followed home Irma. an elderly lady who lives nearby. Andreas enters her house armed. with his trusty flick-knife. Zipp waits nervously outside. but his friend never reappears. He will never see him alive again. Fossum toys with the roles of victim and killer and pens the inner monologue of her characters to chilling effect. There are no red herrings in this narrative as the crime is played out on the page. but it is the mental processes behind the murderer's sinister act that are the real pieces of this puzzle. Gradually. they fall into place as Irma and Andreas talk to each other. ...

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Review:

"[I]t is an impossible book to put down, a psychological thriller that will haunt you long after the final page has been turned." --Bruce Tierney"Bookpage" (09/01/2006)

"[T]he story is so chillingly told that we can only marvel at the author's skill at illustrating how a random sequence of events can cause so many lives to intersect in so many horrifying ways." --Marilyn Stasio"New York Times" (09/01/2006)

PRAISE FOR WHEN THE DEVIL HOLDS THE CANDLE

"Either somebody just slid an ice cube down your back or you're reading the opening pages of When the Devil Holds the Candle, a psychological tour de force."--O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE

"The story is so chillingly told that we can only marvel at the author's skill at illustrating how a random sequence of events can cause so many lives to intersect in so many horrifying ways."--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"A stunning exploration of social isolation... Masterfully plotted." -- (09/01/2006)

"Fossum . . . writes like Ruth Rendell with the gloves off."
-- (05/15/2006)

"This is not your usual police procedural -- Fossum's third Sejer novel ... is psyhcological suspense at its best."
-- (06/01/2006)

"Either somebody just slid an ice cube down your back or you're reading the opening pages of When the Devil Holds the Candle...a psychological tour de force." -- (09/01/2006)

"Skillful characterization and revealing detail lift Fossum's third mystery to be published in the U.S featuring thoughtful and intelligent Insp. Konrad Sejer."
-- (05/22/2006)

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: Harpervia
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0156032120
• ISBN 13: 9780156032124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 273