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Inspector Sejer Series
1. In The Darkness 1995 /2012..Eva's Eyes 2013. Kindle 6/13 Read √
2. Don't Look Back. 1996/2002. iBook. Read √
3. He Who Fears the Wolf. 1997/2003 #3 iBook √
4. When the Devil Holds the Candle. 1998/2004. iBook √
5. Calling out for you. 2000/2005. aka The Indian Bride, 2007 iBook √
6. Black Seconds. 2002/ 2007. iBook. Read √
7. The Murder of Harriet Krohn (Drapet på Harriet Krohn) 2004/2014. iBook. √
8. The Water's Edge. 2007/2009. iBook. Read √
9. Bad Intentions. 2008/2010. #9 Sejer. iBook. Read √
10. The Caller. 2009/2010. Kindle. Read. 2012. √
11. The Drowned Boy. 2015. iBook. 10.99. √
12. Hell Fire. 8/12/16 ........pre ordered iBook June 26/16. .....√
13. The Whisperer. #13 Sejer series. Pre ordered iBook December 6, 2018. ✅
Broken. 2006/2008. iBook standalone. Read √
I Can See in the Dark. 2011/2013. iBook standalone. Read √
Other writings
1974 - Kanskje i morgen – poetry
1978 - Med ansiktet i skyggen – poetry
1992 - I et annet lys - short stories
1994 - Søylen - short stories
1999 - De gales hus - novel
2002 - Jonas Eckel - novel
2003 - The Night of November 4th (Natt til fjerde november);
2006 - Broken (Brudd); English translation 2008
2011 - Jeg kan se i mørket (English 2013 I Can See in the Dark)
2012 - Natten er et annet land - poetry (The Night is Another Land)
KF is one of my most favorite authors: in my blog-to-be, she is one of the few who get a grade of A++!
Here’s the next author from my list of “A++” ones.
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FOSSUM, Karin, A++
Her very first, “In the Darkness”, English version not available until 2012, was a real joy to read. (This note: 2016). See below!
“Calling out for you” (2005!) I am catching up on unread Fossums and enjoying every page. This one is tense and tender almost from page 1, and almost too realistic. My heart was in my mouth: would a certain person turn out to be guilty, after all? I shall read all that I have missed in the next few months! I have raised her mark to A+ (This note: Oct-Dec 2018)
“Black Seconds” (2013) A+ raised to A++! This time, I thought “who dunnit” was obvious, but I was wrong. And KF’s style is simply delicious. Note that every chapter ends with a very short sentence, often fewer than 6 words. They typify the whole book: even when it is not really short, it feels short, it goes by so fast. Really, really enjoyable! (This note: Oct-Dec 2018)
“He Who Fears the Wolf” (2003) How did I miss this one? This is Fossum’s second. Completely different from the other ones by her that I have read: longer, apparently rambling; even what seems like a lengthy digression has, in the end, a purpose. After the first few chapters very little happens but my enjoyment was maintained at a high level; and the writing alone is a joy. A++ deserved. (This note: Apr 2019)
“The Caller” (2014). Another outstanding book. I rejoice in having several Fossums (! Fossa ?) yet to read. This one is really excellent. The young perpetrator of what he considers ‘pranks’ comes gradually into Sejer’s and Skarre’s sights, all of them leaving heartache and broken relationships and even physical collapse; he eventually admits to all but the worst two, but right at the end apparently commits suicide — but the reader is left wondering whether he is guilty of them all and whether it was in fact a homicide. Throughout, all the characters are very vividly drawn. An amazing book!
“In the Darkness” (original 1995, translation 2012). I read this again after about 5 years (see above). Yes, a joy to read in all aspects — plot, characters, style; so much so, I might have made an exception and added an extra “+” for KF, making her the only “A+++” on my list, but for one point. This is a 390-page edition, and on p. 155 a “flashback” begins which is the opposite of a “flash”: it continues till p. 363. Annoyingly, it has no overt warning such as “Two weeks earlier” and for a long while I was quite confused as to the time frame!
“Hellfire” (2014, transl. 2017). The crime — murder — is discovered in the first chapter. Thereafter we alternate between the murdered mother and her small son, and a second mother and her grown son. With no other characters (other than the detectives), this is not a “whodunnit” but a “whydunnit”, and the answer to “why” comes suddenly and inexorably at the very end. I was, indeed, taken by surprise but then understood that I should have expected the ending…! (This note: December 2020).