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Hellfire
Inspector Sejer (Related to this series)
- Author
- Karin Fossum
- Narrator
- David Rintoul
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 9 June 2016
- Run Time
- 7 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A mother and child are found brutally murdered in an old caravan on a remote piece of land. A bloody footprint is discovered at the scene, and Chief Inspector Sejer is called to investigate.
Meanwhile, another mother, dying of cancer, confesses to her 21-year-old son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, whom the boy has become obsessed by, is not his real father.
Why do we lie to those closest to us? Hellfire delves deep into the dark heart of family, and what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes.
Critics Review
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A contemporary Patricia Highsmith
Irish Times
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Fossum writes humane thrillers which perturb and chill
Observer
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Fossum's intelligence compassion...is not often found in the pages of crime fiction
Sunday Times
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A superb writer of psychological suspense
New York Times
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There’s always something dark hovering on the edge of the page, something about getting what you wish for and the crushing irony when that gift proves your undoing
New York Times Book Review
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Superb... less a police procedural than a portrait of a society in crisis... the slow, deliberate revelation of the story behind the crime is dramatic and heartbreaking
Publishers Weekly
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Fossum traces the parallels between the mothers and sons so patiently, precisely, and compassionately that even fans who know all too well what's bound to happen when their paths converge will be shocked into fresh grief themselves
Kirkus Reviews
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One of Karin Fossum’s best crime stories... Fossum expertly captures the nuances of everyday life and the way in which people struggle to make sense of life... Karin Fossum is in a class of her own as a crime writer
Dagsavisen, Norway
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The opening scene showcases Fossum at her best – the dank camper van, the heat and the brutal murders. The detailed, subdued tone; the grotesque in the middle of the everyday
Dagbladet, Norway
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High-quality crime of the best, international standard. She has now focused her attention on a novel which, in my opinion, has to be one of her very best... So disturbing, riveting and painful that you can’t help but be drawn in
Tønsberg Blad, Norway
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Details
- Author
- Karin Fossum
- Narrator
- David Rintoul
- Duration
- 7 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 June 2016
- ISBN
- 9781473546028
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Fiction in translation
Synopsis
A mother and child are found brutally murdered in an old caravan on a remote piece of land. A bloody footprint is discovered at the scene, and Chief Inspector Sejer is called to investigate. Meanwhile, another mother, dying of cancer, confesses to her 21-year-old son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, whom the boy has become obsessed by, is not his real father. Why do we lie to those closest to us? Hellfire delves deep into the dark heart of family, and what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes.
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