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Karin Fossum
Charlotte Barslund
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The Indian Bride
Karin Fossum Translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund

    9780156033367 Trade Paperback
0156033364
$14.00
320pages
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Trim Size: 5-5/16 x 8
Copyright Year: 2008
Territory: US, O
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When long-time bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. Then, on the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found on the outskirts of town. The "good people of Elvestad" can’t believe that anyone among them could be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that no one is completely innocent—not the café owner who knows too much, the girl who wants the attention that comes with being a witness, or the bodybuilder with no outlet for his terrible strength.

In The Indian Bride, one of Europe’s most successful crime writers has crafted another chilling page-turner.

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"Fossum is a master at drawing finely detailed suspects. The result: an irresistible page-turner that's like a Nordic Sherlock Holmes story, with characters by Bergman and blood by Tarantino. A-"
Entertainment Weekly,




Biography

KARIN FOSSUM is the author of many novels and two collections of short stories. Her crime novels featuring Inspector Sejer have been translated into sixteen languages, with When the Devil Holds the Candle winning the Gumshoe Award. She lives in a small town in southeastern Norway.


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Fiction- Mystery & Detective/General
Fiction- Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural



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