Karin Fossum
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 3.83 | 5022 Users | 373 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Svarte Sekunder (Konrad Sejer, #6) |
| ISBN: | 1846550181 (ISBN13: 9781846550188) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Konrad Sejer #6 |
| Setting: | Norway |
| Literary Awards: | Martin Beck Award (2002) |
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Ida Joner gets on her brand-new bike and sets off to buy sweets. A good-natured, happy girl, she is looking forward to her tenth birthday. Thirty-five minutes after Ida should have come home, Helga Joner, her mother, starts to worry. She phones the shop and various friends, but no one has seen her daughter. As the family goes out looking for Ida, Helga's worst nightmare becomes reality, and they contact the police. Hundreds of volunteers comb the neighbourhood, but there are no traces of Ida or her bike. As the relatives reach breaking point and the media frenzy begins, Inspector Sejer is calm and reassuring. But he finds the case puzzling. Usually missing children are found within forty-eight hours. Ida Joner seems to have vanished without a trace.Describe Out Of Books Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer #6)
| Title | : | Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer #6) |
| Author | : | Karin Fossum |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2007 by Harvill Secker (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. European Literature. Scandinavian Literature |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 5022 Users | 373 ReviewsDiscuss Out Of Books Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer #6)
This was a really good book. I liked the writing style and really enjoyed all the characters. I figured out what happened to Ida pretty early on, but that didn't diminish the fun of watching the story unfold. This is the sixth book in the Konrad Sejer detective series. So far I have only read book 3, He Who Fears the Wolf, and this one. I enjoyed this book even more than the other one. This is a series I would like to continue reading.Black Seconds is somewhat of a curious read as there was not much mystery to the case, yet it was oddly compelling. I think there are a couple of reasons for this. First, the storytelling is quite understated, simply focused on the unfolding of the events and its consequences to those involved. The characterisation and social interactions are keenly observed, providing a high degree of social realism and emotional sensitivity. The hook is the exploration of how crime and life are rarely black
Addictive and appealing mystery series
Enough with the comparisons to Ruth Rendell already! (Every review or article or blurb about Fossum in the ENglish-speaking world goes there.) Fossum has the same psychological complexity, the same interest in psychological aberrance, but a lot more compassion than Rendell.True, her detective, Sejer, is a bit too noble--how come fictional detectives are either perfect (a la Dalgleish, Poirot, Holmes) or shambling wrecks (a la Rebus, Wallander, Erlendur)?--but the book does a terrific job at
Another good read by ms Fossum with a missing child as the focus of the crime but with the twists and turns that accompany her stories. Once again detective Sejer solves the crime and this time we get a better look at him and a good glimpse of his psyche. I did enjoy this one.
Black Seconds, is the sixth instalment in Karin Fossums outstanding series featuring Inspector Konrad Sejer and Jacob Skarre and begins with every parents worst nightmare: a missing child. Released in Norway in 2002 and only available in English translation in 2007, this novel is a police procedural, although its immense power stems from some breathtaking psychological insights and the compassion of the investigators. The crime itself is very simple, and sadly an everyday occurrence, yet Fossums
Black Seconds, is the sixth instalment in Karin Fossums outstanding series featuring Inspector Konrad Sejer and Jacob Skarre and begins with every parents worst nightmare: a missing child. Released in Norway in 2002 and only available in English translation in 2007, this novel is a police procedural, although its immense power stems from some breathtaking psychological insights and the compassion of the investigators. The crime itself is very simple, and sadly an everyday occurrence, yet Fossums
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