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| Genre/Form: | Detective and mystery stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karin Fossum |
| ISBN: | 9781846551703 1846551706 |
| OCLC Number: | 317750211 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Norwegian. |
| Description: | 227 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Karin Fossum ; translated by Charlotte Barslund. |
Abstract:
Walking through the woods one warm September day, Reinhardt and Kristine Ris pass a man who is in a state of agitation. Unusually in a small town, he does not return Kristine's smile and drives off in a hurry. Near the end of their walk they make a terrible discovery: lying in a cluster of trees is the lifeless body of a young boy.
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"If you're in search of an antidote to the in-your-face energy of American crime fiction, this quiet, slender, bracingly bleak tale could well be it."
-- John Dugdale, "The Sunday Times
""As a portrait of a community possessed by suspicion, The Water's Edge can scarcely be bettered."
-- Paul Binding, "Independent"
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