He Who Fears the Wolf
By Karin Fossum; Felicity David (Translator)
(Mariner Books, Paperback, 9780156030496, 300pp.)
Publication Date: July 2006
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover
Categories: Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective - Series, Suspense
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Following her critically acclaimed debut, Don't Look Back, Karin Fossum's next mystery finds Inspect Sejer at the scene of a brutal murder in a stark, strange town.
Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating the murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is another loner, a schizophrenic recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness is a twelve-year-old boy, overweight, obsessed with archery, and a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a nearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance. Shrewdly, patiently, as is his way, Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangeness of the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals, and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information he tries to collect.
KARIN FOSSUM is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller.
PRAISE FOR HE WHO FEARS THE WOLF
"A superb writer of psychological suspense."--The New York Times
"Fossum's presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction."--The Sunday Times (London)
"Easily one of the best new imports the genre has to offer"
"A superb writer of psychological suspense"
-Marilyn Stasio
"Fossum raises interesting questions throughout...That she doesn''t pretend to have all the answers only adds to the force of her story."
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