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The water's edge

Author: Karin Fossum
Publisher: London : Harvill Secker, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Walking through the woods one evening, a couple encounters an agitated man who flees their scrutiny. Shortly thereafter, they discover the lifeless body of a young boy. Inspector Sejer is called to investigate but can find no immediate cause of death and the mysterious man cannot be identified. Then another boy goes missing.
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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.

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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  Read more...

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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
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