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Don't Look Back

Oct 11, 2024 3:18 AM

Author:Karin Fossum

Don't Look Back

Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But when a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its seeming tranquillity is disturbed forever.

Inspector Sejer, a tough, no-nonsense policeman whose own life is tinged by sadness, is called in to investigate. As the suspense builds, and the list of suspects grows, Sejer's determination to discover the truth leads him to peel away layer upon layer of distrust and lies in this tiny community where apparently normal family ties hide dark secrets.

Critically acclaimed across Europe and loved by fellow crime writers including Jo Nesbo, Ruth Rendell and Colin Dexter, Karin Fossum's novels evoke a world that is terrifyingly familiar.

Reviews

'Don't Look Back, shows just how well [Fossum] deserves her continental fame... all of her characters [are] marked by an intelligent compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction and her prose comes through translation with grace and style

—— Sunday Times

Ends with such a blow to the stomach that most readers will wish they had failed to understand the appalling outcome to this apparently routine investigation

—— Scotsman

[From] Norway's Queen of crime...an engaging, atmospheric thriller

—— Daily Mail

Hammond Innes deals magnificently with disaster

—— Observer

Taut, compelling... a storming read

—— The Bookseller Books of the Year 2013

One sitting, much tea and several hours later I was still totally drawn in by the high-octane drama . . . I devoured it

—— Stylist

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.

—— NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Patterson is in a class by himself.

—— VANITY FAIR

A wonderful story, a superb debut... Whatever you do stick with it, this is a remarkable book and deserves to be read.

—— Miles Orchard , milorambles.co.uk

a superb & accomplished debut, beautifully written & with a heart of sadness ... Loved it! ... Great debut

—— Stav Sherez

Part Lisbeth Salander, part Jason Bourne, Munroe comes out swinging hard again. . . . A gritty, suspenseful novel.

—— Library Journal

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