Rating: 3.5* of fiveThe Publisher Says: Don't Look Back heralds the arrival of an exotic new crime series featuring Inspector Sejer, a smart and enigmatic hero, tough but fair. The setting is a small, idyllic village at the foot of Norway's Kollen Mountain, where neighbors know neighbors and chil...
Fossum has an interesting style. Not quite thriller for me, but suspense with loose procedurals and with very interesting characters and histories for the bad guys. I haven't found another author whose style would be quite like this. Part of Inspector Sejer series; can be read separately and out ...
Norwegian author Karen Fossum's WHEN THE DEVIL HOLDS THE CANDLE is another excellent entry into the Inspector Konrad Sejer series. I've read over half of the books in the series, and while they are very readable and offer fascinating looks into the minds of the deluded, criminal, and insane, they...