From the Inside Flap:
From Norway’s finest crime writer and her beloved, brilliant Inspector Sejer, a mystery that delves deep into the dark heart of two families and the destructive secrets they keep
A gruesome tableau awaits Inspector Konrad Sejer in the oppressive summer heat: a woman and a young boy lay dead in a pool of blood near a dank trailer. The motivation behind the deaths of Bonnie Hayden and her five-year-old son, Simon, is mysterious — there is no sign of robbery. Who would brutally stab a defenseless woman and her child?
In a parallel story another mother, Mass Malthe, navigates life with her adult son, Eddie. It’s a relationship some would call too close since Eddie’s father, a man he obsesses over, abandoned them many years ago.
As Sejer searches for the truth behind the seemingly senseless killings, the two stories intertwine in a heartbreaking conclusion. Hell Fire deftly probes why we lie to those closest to us, and what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes.
From the Back Cover:
Praise for Karin Fossum
“A truly great writer and explorer of the human mind.”—Jo Nesbø
“No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can.” — Los Angeles Times
“They never last very long, those anonymous joggers and dog-walkers whose only purpose in a crime story is to trip over the body in the woods. Unless, of course, they figure in a novel by Karin Fossum, who makes it her business — and the business of her uncommonly sensitive Norwegian detective, Inspector Konrad Sejer — to scrutinize in great depth and detail every person touched by a murder.” — New York Times Book Review
“Fossum crafts remarkable, incisive psychological suspense: novels that carry the headlong momentum of thrillers and the acuity and weight of literary fiction.” — Washington Post
“Fossum’s presentation of her characters is marked by an intelligence and compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction.” — Donna Leon
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