Black Seconds

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 the author

KARIN FOSSUM is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller. She lives in Norway.

Product details

• Authors: Karin Fossum, Karin/ Barslund Fossum, Fossum Karin Fossum
• Assisted by: Charlotte Barslund (Translation), Barslund Charlotte Barslund (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.08.2009
• EAN: 9780156034043
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603404-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Inspector Sejer Mysteries; Inspector Sejer Mysteries
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Romance / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural