The Caller

Author(s): Karin Fossum (translated by K. E. Semmel)

Crime

The outstanding new Inspector Sejer novel from the award-winning Norwegian Queen of Crime.


One mild summer evening Lily and her husband are enjoying a meal while their baby daughter sleeps peacefully in her pram beneath a maple tree. But when Lily steps outside she is paralysed with terror. The child is bathed in blood. Inspector Sejer is called to the hospital to meet the family. Mercifully, the baby is unharmed, but her parents are deeply shaken, and Sejer spends the evening trying to comprehend why anyone would carry out such a sinister prank. Then, just before midnight, somebody rings his doorbell. The corridor is empty, but the caller has left a small grey envelope on the mat. From his living room window, the inspector watches a figure slip across the car park and disappear into the darkness. Inside the envelope Sejer finds a postcard bearing a short message. Hell begins now.


Product Information

"I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum." - Ruth Rendell

Karin Fossum began her writing career in 1974. She has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than thirty countries.

General Fields

  • : 9781846553936
  • : Vintage
  • : Harvill Secker
  • : July 2011
  • : September 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Karin Fossum (translated by K. E. Semmel)
  • : Paperback
  • : 839.8238
  • : 304