Drowned Boy

'He'd just learnt to walk,' she said. 'He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.'

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother's story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

About the author

Karin Fossum, geb. 1954 in Sandefjord/Norwegen, wo sie auch heute mit ihren beiden Töchtern lebt.

Summary

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother's story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

Report

Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date Declan Burke Irish Times

Product details

• Authors: Karin Fossum
• Assisted by: Kari Dickson (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2015
• EAN: 9781846558542
• ISBN: 978-1-84655-854-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Konrad Sejer; Inspector Sejer; Konrad Sejer
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage