By Karin Fossum
Meet Inspector Sejer: clever and enigmatic, difficult yet reasonable. on the foot of the implementing Kollen Mountain lies a small, idyllic village, the place buddies recognize friends and kids play fortunately within the streets. but if the physique of a teenage woman is located by way of the lake on the mountaintop, the town's tranquility is shattered without end. Annie used to be powerful, clever, and enjoyed by way of every body. What went so extraordinarily flawed? Doggedly, but subtly, Inspector Sejer uncovers layer upon layer of mistrust and lies underneath the town's possible ideal fa?ade. seriously acclaimed throughout Europe, Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels are masterfully built, psychologically convincing, and compulsively readable. They evoke an international that's right away profoundly annoying and terrifyingly commonly used.
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Sejer was silent, trying to recall the way they had driven. M. " "Yes, that's right. There are no main roads going through the village. " The man was silent for a moment. Sejer waited. The room was as quiet as a tomb. "Yes, actually. I did pass one, down by the flats, just before the traffic circle. A van, I think, ugly and with peeling paint. " "A man," he said hesitantly. " He smiled. Ragnhild looked up, saw the smiling face in the mirror, and Kollen Mountain bathed in the morning light. " She said it in a stuck-up sort of voice.
Album gave him a worried look from the sofa. Karlsen was studying the view from the window, the blue ridges, the fields, and a white church steeple in the distance. "Konrad Sejer of the police," Sejer said curtly. " "Yes. M. " Sejer was silent, trying to recall the way they had driven. M. " "Yes, that's right. There are no main roads going through the village. " The man was silent for a moment. Sejer waited. The room was as quiet as a tomb. "Yes, actually. I did pass one, down by the flats, just before the traffic circle.
This admission made her shiver. "That's just the kind of child who gets along best in this world," he said firmly. " "Down to the fjord. To Prestegards Strand or to Horgen. Or to the top of Kollen. " He looked out the window and saw the black firs. " "Marthe's neighbor met her by his garage when he was leaving for work. " "Yes. " "Walther," she said, surprised. " Sejer stood up, went over to the telephone and called information, then punched in the number and waited. "I need to speak with one of your employees immediately.