Early one September, three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return, and they make a pact not to call for help until the following morning. Inspector Sejer leads the investigation when the body is discovered. He is troubled by the apparent suicide and has an overwhelming sense that the surviving pair has something to hide. Weeks pass without further clues, and then in a nearby lake the body of a teenage boy floats to the surface

"I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum." – Ruth Rendell A gripping novel set on the boundary between fact and fiction. A woman wakes one night to find that a strange man has walked into her bedroom. She lies there in terrified silence unable to move. The woman is an author and the man one of her prospective characters. So desperate is he to have his story told that he has resorted to breaking into her house to make her tell it. She creates Alvar Eide, forty-two years old, single, who works in an art gallery. He lives a quiet, dutiful life, carefully designed to avoid surprises. One winter's day, all this begins to change when an emaciated young heroin addict walks into the gallery. A kind man, Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. She returns some weeks later to his place of work, and then one day appears on his doorstep demanding to be let in. Interspersed with the chapters of Alvar's story are his encounters with its author – the frantic attempts of a fictional man trying to control his own destiny. Broken is a gripping novel about the boundary between fact and fiction and the perils of good intentions

Dagger Awards (nominee) Inspector Konrad Sejer returns on the trail of a violent killer in small-town Norway. Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian town, thinks that his life is made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his Indian bride is due to join him, he is called to the hospital to his sister's bedside. The local taxi driver sent to meet the Indian bride at the airport comes back without her. Then the town is shocked by the news of an Indian woman found bludgeoned to death in a nearby meadow. Inspector Sejer and his colleague Skarre head the murder inquiry, cross-examining the townsfolk and planting seeds of suspicion in a community which has always believed itself to be simple, safe and trusting. For what can only have been an unpremeditated and motiveless act of violence, everyone is guilty until proven innocent

Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs – beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its seeming tranquility is disturbed forever. Enter Inspector Sejer, a tough, no-nonsense policeman whose own life is tinged by sadness. As the suspense builds, and the list of suspects grows, Sejer's determination to discover the truth will lead him to peel away layer upon layer of distrust and lies, in this tiny community where apparently normal family ties hide dark secrets. Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's novels evoke a world that is terrifyingly familiar. Don't Look Back introduces the tough, ethical Inspector Sejer to British readers for the first time

Eva es una joven pintora de escaso éxito, divorciada y madre de una niña pequeña. Un día se encuentra a Maja, una vieja amiga, que intenta convencerla para que se gane la vida como prostituta y poder saldar así sus deudas, cada día más acuciantes. Maja invita a Eva a su casa y la anima a ver por un resquicio de la puerta cómo se hace el trabajo. Pero de pronto el cliente y Maja se enzarzan en una pelea y Eva acaba con el cadáver de su amiga entre las manos. El comisario Sejer, que se encarga del caso, esconde una mente sutil y experimentada tras un aspecto ordinario y gris. Al hacerse cargo de la investigación intuye que la joven artista, a quien ha tomado declaración como amiga de la víctima, sabe más de lo que dice. Poco a poco irá atando cabos, pues todas las respuestas a sus interrogantes están en la vida secreta de Eva Magnus

Eva Magnus is a struggling artist and the divorced mother of a seven-year-old child, Emma. One afternoon she and Emma are walking by the river when an unknown man's body floats to the surface of the icy water. She tells her daughter to wait patiently while she calls the police, but when she reaches the phone box Eva dials another number altogether. When the police discover the body, it doesn't take long for Inspector Sejer and his team to determine that the man, Egil, died in a violent attack. But Egil has been missing for months and the trail to his killer has gone cold. It's as puzzling as another unsolved case on Sejer's desk: the murder of a prostitute who was found dead just three days before Egil went missing. Sejer sets to work piecing together the fragments of these two impossible cases; soon enough he realizes that they might not be as separate as they had seemed. Gripping and thought-provoking, Eva's Eye is Karin Fossum's first novel featuring the iconic Inspector Sejer

Karina Fosuma Evas acs Atēnas detektīvs Eva Magnusa gatavojas pārkāpt robežai, kurai nekad agrāk nav uzdrošinājusies pat tuvoties. Sevi viņa ir uzskatījusi par ideālistisku mākslinieci un gādīgu vientuļo māti. Viņa ir domājusi, ka pazīst savas vajadzības un vēlēšanās. Un tad pēkšņi uzrodas Marija Durbana — pēc tik daudziem gadiem. Bērnības draudzene, ar kuru Eva reiz dalījusies visā un kura lietiski un dzīvespriecīgi pastāsta, ka ir kļuvusi par augstas klases prostitūtu un ka naudas viņai netrūkst. Un šī tikšanās notiek tieši tajā dienā, kad Eva stāv pie lielveikala ar tukšu naudasmaku un nesamaksātu rēķinu žūksnīti rokās… Karina Fosuma ir uzrakstījusi aizraujošu, psiholoģiski blīvu drāmu par jaunu sievieti, kura savas ziņkārības dēļ tiek iejaukta smagā noziegumā. No norvēģu valodas tulkojis Sandris Briedis Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis "Gaužām reti iespējams izjust tādu spriegumu un šausmas, kas reizē ir tik inteliģenti pasniegtas un ticamas. Ja tam vēl pievienojas prasmīgs personu potretējums un loģiska darbība*.» tad saproti, ka tavās rokās nonākusi īsta vērtība," Karina Fosuma dzimusi 1954. gadā Sandefjorda, Norvēģijā. Literatūrā vina ienāca . jau 1974. gadā ar dzejoļu krājumu "Varbūt rīt", par kuru saņēma Tarjeja Vesosa debitantu balvu. 1995. gadā tika izdots viņas pirmais kriminālromāns "Evas acs", kurā izmeklēšanu vada pieredzējušais policijas komisārs Konrāds Sejers. Pēc romānu "Evas acs" un "Neskaties atpakaļ!" motīviem uzņemtas filmas. Karina Fosuma atzīta par augstākās raudzes kriminālromānu rakstnieci Norvēģijā. Ingvars Ustvets Redaktore Silvija Brice Riharda Bargā makets Māra Simansona vāka dizains org izd 1995 © Sandis Briedis, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 2001 © Apgāds "Atēna", 2001 Tēvam

The second Inspector Sejer mystery from "Norway's Queen of Crime". Superb plotting, fresh style and compassionate, detailed treatment of characters have made the Insepctor Sejer Mysteries bestsellers in their native Norway. A twelve-year-old boy runs wildly into his local police station claiming to have seen Halldis Horn's brutally murdered corpse. Errki Johrma, an escaped psychiatric patient and known town misfit, was sighted at the scene disappearing into the woods. The next morning the local bank is robbed at gunpoint. Making his escape the robber takes a hostage and flees and, once again, a suspect takes to the woods. As the felon's plans begin to fall apart he is, in contrast to his quiet hostage, rapidly losing his control and power. Meanwhile the search for Halldis Horn's killer continues. All fingers of suspicion point to Errki – except one. Errki's doctor refuses to believe that he could have committed such an horrific act and, for the first time since his wife's death, the quiet Inspector finds himself intrigued by another woman. Despite all assumptions a lack of concrete evidence holds back the case to convict Errki for murder. But in a novel that will keep you desperate to turn each new page to find out more, Fossum brilliantly ensures that things are rarely as they would at first appear. From the deeply sympathetic policeman to the social outcast of Errki and the bank robber thoroughly unsuited to his profession, Fossum writes from within the minds of her characters with great lucidity… but she never gives too much away

A mother and child are found brutally murdered in an old caravan on a remote piece of land. A bloody footprint is discovered at the scene, and Chief Inspector Sejer is called to investigate. Meanwhile, another mother, dying of cancer, confesses to her 21-year-old son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, whom the boy has become obsessed by, is not his real father. Why do we lie to those closest to us? Hellfire delves deep into the dark heart of family, and what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes

Riktor doesn’t like the way the policeman comes straight into the house without knocking. He doesn’t like the arrogant way he observes his home.The policeman doesn’t tell him why he’s there, and Riktor doesn’t ask. Because he knows he’s guilty of a terrible crime. But it turns out that the policeman isn’t looking for a missing person. He is accusing Riktor of something totally unexpected. Riktor doesn’t have a clear conscience, but this is a crime he certainly didn’t commit

Najnowsza powieść „norweskiej królowej zbrodni”, Karin Fossum. Halldis Horn zamordowano na progu jej domu. Na miejscu przestępstwa widziano Errkiego, uciekiniera z zakładu dla obłąkanych. Wątpliwości co do jego winy ma tylko Sara, psycholog chłopca. Śledztwo prowadzi znany z innych kryminałów Fossum Konrad Sejer. Następnego ranka napada na bank Morgan. Jego zakładnikiem zostaje właśnie Errki. Uciekają w góry, gdzie porywacz i porwany się zaprzyjaźnią

Ragnhild, una niña de seis años, desaparece sin dejar rastro. Mientras la policía, encabezada por el inspector Konrad Sejer, inicia la búsqueda de la pequeña, ésta se encuentra jugando en casa de Raymond, un individuo algo retrasado que vive en el bosque con su padre. El caso parece resuelto cuando la pequeña Ragnhild regresa a su casa sana y salva esa misma noche, pero en realidad la pesadilla no ha hecho más que empezar. La niña recuerda haber visto a una chica desnuda en la orilla del lago y la policía no tarda en descubrir el cadáver de Annie Holland. Al principio Sejer no cuenta con ninguna pista que explique el atroz asesinato, pero a medida que se suceden los interrogatorios va destapando el sórdido pasado de varios miembros de la pequeña comunidad noruega…

El verano llega a su fin en una pequeña localidad rural de Noruega. Sus habitantes, acostumbrados a la tranquilidad de sus urbanizaciones rodeadas de bosques y lagos, no están preparados para lo que se avecina. Pequeños y terribles malentendidos comienzan a sucederse: llamadas de hospitales anunciando accidentes que no han ocurrido, periódicos que publican esquelas de ancianos que siguen vivos… presagios de que algo terrible está a punto de ocurrir. El mismo día que comienza todo, el inspector de policía Sejer recibe una extraña nota: «El infierno empieza ahora». Él y su compañero, el detective Jacob Skarre, se ponen manos a la obra para descubrir quién está detrás de tanta confusión. Probablemente ni siquiera el artífice de todo ello sea capaz de prever la marea de violencia que está a punto de desbordarse, porque, ¿quién sabe de qué es capaz la gente cuando ha perdido la sensación de seguridad? En Presagios, Karin Fossum consigue un retrato fascinante de una pequeña comunidad que se tambalea al borde del precipicio

One mild summer evening Lily and her husband are enjoying a meal while their baby daughter sleeps peacefully in her pram beneath a maple tree. But when Lily steps outside she is paralysed with terror. The child is bathed in blood. Inspector Sejer is called to the hospital to meet the family. Mercifully the baby is unharmed, but her parents are deeply shaken. Sejer spends the evening trying to comprehend why anyone would carry out such a sinister prank. Then, just before midnight, somebody rings his doorbell. The corridor is empty, but the caller has left a small grey envelope on the mat. From his living room window, the inspector watches a figure slip across the car park and disappear into the darkness. Inside the envelope Sejer finds a postcard bearing a short message. Hell begins now

“He’d just learnt to walk,” she said. “He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.” A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother’s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth

On a wet, gray night in early November, Charlo Torp, a former gambler who’s only recently kicked the habit, makes his way through the slush to Harriet Krohn’s apartment, flowers in hand. Certain that paying off his debt is the only path to starting a new life and winning his daughter’s forgiveness, Charlo plans to rob the wealthy old woman’s antique silver collection. What he doesn’t expect is for her to put up a fight. The following morning Harriet is found dead, her antique silver missing, and the only clue Inspector Sejer and his team find in the apartment is an abandoned bouquet. Charlo should feel relieved, but he’s heard of Sejer’s amazing record — the detective has solved every case he’s ever been assigned to. Told through the eyes of a killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: how far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterward?

A married couple, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris, are out for a Sunday walk when they discover the body of a boy and see the figure of a man limping away. They alert the police, but not before Reinhardt, to Kristine's horror, kneels down and takes photographs of the dead child with his cell phone. Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre begin to make inquiries in the little town of Solberglia. But then another boy disappears, and an explanation seems more remote than ever. Meanwhile, the Ris's marriage starts to unravel as Reinhardt becomes obsessed with the tragic events and his own part in them. A riveting portrayal of a community – its insiders, its outsiders, its fissures, and its secrets – from Norway's "Queen of Crime," Karin Fossum

Ragna Riegel works in a supermarket and still lives in her childhood home. She’s alone in the world since her only son moved to Berlin. She longs for a Christmas or birthday card from him. Ragna lives her life within strict self-imposed limits: she sits in the same seat on the bus every day, on her way to her predictable job. On her way home she always visits the same local shop. She feels safe in her routine, until one day she receives a letter with a threatening message scrawled in capital letters. An unknown enemy has entered her world and she must use all her means to defend herself. When the worst happens, Inspector Konrad Sejer is called in to interrogate Ragna. Is this unassuming woman out of her depth, or is she hiding a dark secret?

Gunder Jomann se siente un hombre feliz tras regresar de un viaje a la India.Ha conseguido lo que más deseaba: una esposa india, joven y maravillosa. Pero su destino se tuerce, y el día que ella debe llegar a Noruega, desaparece. Poco después, el cuerpo de una mujer extranjera aparece mutilado a las afueras del pueblo. El inspector Sejer y su colega Skarre se ponen tras la pista del asesino. En su pequeña comunidad, donde todo el mundo se conoce y los secretos son difíciles de ocultar, nadie es sospechoso y, al mismo tiempo, cualquiera podría ser un asesino

Książka jest ciekawa, czyta się z przyjemnością no i jak to kryminał bardzo wciąga. Sama historia jest bardzo wzruszająca, co osobiście mi przeszkadza, bo potwornie żal mi było ofiar opisanego nieszczęścia. Nie jest to już klasyczny kryminał w tradycyjnym rozumieniu. Taka zbrodnia jak ta przedstawiona w książke Karin Fossum, może się zdarzyć wszędzie. Poza tym, duży nacisk został połozony na cierpienie jakie wywołała zbrodnia. W zmałym, norweskim miasteczku dochodzi do tajemniczej zbrodni – ktoś morduje Hinduskę. Nie wiadomo skąd egzotyczna kobieta z Indii wzięła się na takim pustkowiu, w dodatku w chłodnej Norwegii. Nie wiadomo do końca do kogo przyjechała i po co. Ktoś widział na łące goniącą się parę ludzi – pewnie to jacyś zakochani się bawią, myśli jedyny świadek zdarzenia. Ciekawy wątek, problematyka – autorka zwraca uwage na specyficzna mentalnośc ludzi mieszkających w małych miejscowościach gdzie wszyscy się znaja i pozornie wszystko o sobie wiedzą. Jednak przywykłam do bardziej tradycyjnych kryminałów gdzie wątek zostaje calkowicie rozwiązany, dlatego niejasność i niedopowiedzenia, które są niezaprzeczalną zaletą tego typu literatury, tutaj mnie troche drażnił. Ale chyba o to chodziło

En la pequeña localidad noruega de Finnemarka, la anciana granjera Halldis Horn es hallada muerta de un hachazo en su cabaña. El sospechoso principal es Errki, un muchacho esquizofrénico, al que las habladurías acusan también de haber matado a su madre. El carismático comisario Sejer es encargado del caso

Норвежская королева детектива впервые на русском языке! Редко испытываешь подобное напряжение и леденящий ужас, поданные настолько тонко и убедительно. Карин Фоссум удалось создать такую атмосферу, которая захватывает целиком и держит в напряжении до самой последней страницы, добиваясь эффекта полного погружения в настоящий кошмар. Лейтенант Конрад Сейер ведет расследование…

В малък норвежки град е изчезнало момче на двайсетина години - всеизвестният красавец Андреас. Ден преди това двама младежи са нападнали жена с бебешка количка, за да й откраднат чантата. Оказва се, че вследствие на удара при падането от количката, бебето е починало. Между двете на пръв поглед независими едно от друго събития има връзка. Но дълго време никой в полицейското управление не я вижда, дори инспектор Сейер... Карин Фосум, наричана "норвежката кралица на криминалния роман", е родена през 1954 г. и живее в Осло. Нейните книги за инспектор Сейер са преведени на десетки езици, а голяма част са и филмирани. Носителка е на скандинавската награда за криминална литература "Стъкленият ключ" и на наградата "Ривертон", а през 2005 г. бе номинирана за най-престижната крими награда в света - ,,Златният кинжал" на Британската асоциация на писателите криминалисти. През 2007 г. романът ,,Дяволът държи свещта" получи в САЩ Наградата за най-добър европейски криминален роман

Инспектор Конрад Сейер е извикан да разследва убийство в затънтеното норвежко селце Елвеста. Трупът е на млада красива жена, очевидно от южна раса, която никой в околността не познава и която никой не е виждал. Следите засега не водят наникъде… Няколко месеца по-рано попрехвърлилият годините самотник Гюндер набира телефона на туристическа агенция, за да поръча пътуване до Индия. За пръв път в живота си Гюндер се осмелява да бъде спонтанен - той все още не е изгубил надежда да се задоми, но е разбрал, че нито в Елвеста, нито в околните села ще си намери съпруга. Екзотичната Индия винаги е будила възхищението и любопитството му, а пословичната красота на индийските жени му вдъхва още повече смелост да се впусне в това приключение. И наистина, точно като в приказките, той среща там жената на мечтите си: лъчезарна, нежна, на име Пуна. Двамата сключват брак, Гюндер се връща в Норвегия и с нетърпение очаква идването на съпругата си, която има да уреди някои дела преди да замине завинаги. Но приликите с приказките свършват дотук…

Момче на тийнейджърска възраст влиза запъхтяно в полицейския участък на малък норвежки град и с див от ужас поглед съобщава, че е открило обезобразения труп на стара жена. Убийството е станало в дома й, който се намира извън градчето, край гората. Сред дърветата момчето е забелязало притаен местния шизофреник, Ерки, който явно е избягал от клиниката за душевноболни. На другата сутрин — въоръжен мъж ограбва местния клон на банка. Крадецът взема заложник и избягва в посока на гората. Но със заложника нещо не е наред — нито хленчи, нито говори и явно не разбира какво става с него. Планът на крадеца започва да се пропуква… Всички са убедени, че убиецът на старата жена е Ерки. Освен неговата лекарка и инспектор Сейер… Въпросът кой е убиецът виси до самия край на романа. Карин Фосум поддържа по брилянтен начин напрежението, за да ни покаже накрая, че нещата рядко са такива, каквито изглеждат на повърхността. Професионална медицинска сестра, Карин Фосум работи години в психиатрична клиника, откъдето може би усвоява умението да създава изключителни в психологическо отношение образи. Днес тя е известна в родината си Норвегия като „Кралицата на криминалния роман“, удостоявана е с множество национални и международни награди, включително с Наградата за най-продаван криминален роман от чужд автор в САЩ

Инспектор Конрад Сейер, герой серии романов Карин Фоссум, — типичный норвежский полицейский: серьезный, пунктуальный и немного старомодный. В «Не бойся волков» он занят расследованием двух вполне заурядных по нынешним временам преступлений, разгадка которых, как и мотивы, вроде бы лежат на поверхности: убийства пожилой женщины, одиноко живущей на своей ферме, и ограбления банка с захватом заложника. Однако, как постепенно выясняется, во всех этих событиях непонятным образом замешаны весьма необычные персонажи — в том числе сбежавший из психиатрической клиники молодой человек, наделенный, по мнению местных жителей, некими сверхъестественными способностями (включая способность предвидеть будущее). Карин Фоссум называют норвежской королевой детектива. Серия ее романов об инспекторе Конраде Сейере принесла ей мировую известность и переведена на 16 языков. На русском языке выходили два ее романа: «Глаз Эвы» и «Не оглядывайся!». По последнему роману в Италии снят фильм «Девушка у озера» (реж. Андреа Молайоли)

Великолепный роман-триллер норвежской королевы детектива Карин Фоссум о лжи и тайнах. Пропала шестилетняя девочка. Какой-то подозрительный тип увез ее в автомобиле, и читатель замер в ожидании ужасного преступления. Но события принимают неожиданный оборот: у маленького лесного озера полиция находит тело другой — пятнадцатилетней девочки. В небольшом городке, где все друг друга знают, в нормальных, на первый взгляд, семьях скрываются страшные тайны. Число подозреваемых растет… Лейтенант Конрад Сейер, как всегда, ведет расследование…

Тя е руса, стройна и красива, тя е на петнайсет и любимката на всички в малкото норвежко селце. Намерена е мъртва край брега на Змийското езеро. Жителите на околността са потресени, защото Ани никога не е имала врагове. Но никой не е обърнал сериозно внимание на промяната в поведението и през последните две години, дори собствените и родители. Случаят е поверен на инспектор Сейер и мрачното, неразговорливо ченге трябва да намери отговора на много въпроси, за да стигне до истината. А истината обикновено е смайваща... Романът "Не поглеждай назад" е удостоен със скандинавската награда за криминална литература "Стъкленият ключ" и с наградата "Ривертон".0.1 (2018-05-31 18:04:54) — Добавяне

Дори в уредена и спокойна държава като Норвегия стават криминални престъпления. В малък провинциален град е извършено убийство. Вярно, и тук хората си имат проблеми, но все пак "не се препъват в трупове", както казва полицейският началник Сейер. Положението обаче се оказва сериозно: труповете са два: на мъж и на жена; на сметището е намерена колата на мъжа, "заклан като прасе" с петнадесет прободни рано