When the Devil Holds the Candle, Karin Fossum
When the Devil Holds the Candle, Karin Fossum
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When the Devil Holds the Candle

Author: Karin Fossum

Narrator: David Rintoul

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2023


Synopsis

When the theft of a purse from a stroller results in an infant's death, two teenagers are in trouble. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing still another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his ever-reliable switchblade. Motionless in the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out.

Inspector Konrad Sejer and his colleague Jacob Skarre see no connection between the infant's death and the reported disappearance of a local delinquent. And so while the confusion in the world outside mounts, the chilling, heart-stopping truth unfolds inside the old woman's home.

Unflappable as ever, Sejer digs below the surface of small-town tranquility in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives. Another brilliantly observed, precisely rendered psychological mystery from the highly acclaimed Karin Fossum.

About Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum is the author of many novels and two collections of short stories. Her crime novels featuring Inspector Sejer have been translated into sixteen languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Annabelle on September 24, 2008

This is a Norwegian mystery with that particular existential, fatalist almost nihilist point of view. And also it is postmodern in that the detective doesn’t solve anything, although his circling the perpetuators of the crime helps bring resolution, which is karmic and not from the long arm of the l......more

Goodreads review by David on October 19, 2023

I was totally surprised When the Devil Holds the Candle didn’t flow like Don’t Look Back, an Inspector Sejer police procedural of an investigation in progress. Fossum changed up and wrote a thriller in progress. And I’m glad she did, because sequels can become too predictable. Fossum definitely knows......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on January 24, 2010

It's hard to like a book this horrifying. It examines the intersection of casual petty crimes committed by bored, drunken young men with unintended, life-shattering consequences for them and their victims. As it is ofen said, "things get out of hand." If the story had stuck to that it wouldn't have......more

Goodreads review by Choco on July 23, 2022

Me gustó mucho. Muy angustioso. Los finales de esta saga son progresivamente, cada vez más deprimentes. Este fue particularmente desolador.......more

Goodreads review by Tihana Knjigožderonja on June 25, 2023

[URL not allowed] Koliko je napeto od 1 do 10? Opis na poleđini knjige je sličan (naravno, moj je bolji), ali svi odmah shvate da Andreas ostane u kući. Ostane sam u kući sa ženom koja nije u naponu svoje snage i naravno da se nešto loše dogodilo Andreasu. Neću vam reći što se......more