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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 the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs - beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its seeming tranquility is disturbed forever. Enter Inspector Sejer, a tough, no-nonsense policeman whose own...
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Inspector Konrad Sejer must look for a killer among the "good people" of the small Norwegian town of Elvestad, after the Indian bride of tractor salesman Gunder Jomann, who had shocked the community with the news of his marriage, is murdered before she can even reach her new home.
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Inspector Sejer is trying to solve the case of a brutally murdered woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is a schizophrenic who recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness, a 12-year-old boy, is a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance with Inspector Sejer's evidence gathering warped...
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A stolen purse; an infant's death; two teenagers in trouble; a switchblade and an old woman. It's up to Inspector Konrad Sejer and his partner Jacob Skarre to discern the connection between all these elements and the disappearance of a local delinquent. As the unflappable Sejer digs below the surface of small-town tranquility in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives, the question remains: will he figure it out before...
6) Eva's eye
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Investigating the murder of a man who had been missing for months, Inspector Sejer and his team discover that his death is linked to the murder of a prostitute and to Eva, a struggling artist who holds the key to solving both murders.
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"Available for the first time in English, the seventh entry in the beloved Inspector Sejer series from Norway's Queen of Crime, Karin Fossum. On a wet, gray night in early November, Charlo Torp, a former gambler who's only recently kicked the habit, makes his way through the slush to Harriet Krohn's apartment, flowers in hand. Certain that paying off his debt is the only path to starting a new life and winning his daughter's forgiveness, Charlo plans...
8) Hell fire
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"A gruesome tableau awaits Inspector Konrad Sejer in the oppressive summer heat: a woman and a young boy lay dead in a pool of blood near a dank camper. The details of the deaths of Bonnie Hayden and her five-year-old son Simon are mysterious. There is no sign of robbery or assault. Who would brutally stab a defenseless woman and her child? Sejer and his fellow investigator Jakob Skarre begin a hunt for the killer that will eventually lead them to...
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"A new addition to the captivating Inspector Sejer series, the first since The Caller, from Norway's finest crime writer Carmen and Nicolai failed to resuscitate their son, Tommy, after finding him floating in their backyard pond. When Inspector Skarre arrives on the scene, Carmen reports that Tommy, a healthy toddler with Down syndrome, wandered into the garden while Nicolai was working in the basement and she was cleaning the house. Skarre senses...
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