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When the Devil Holds the Candle
Karin Fossum
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Description for When the Devil Holds the Candle
Paperback. Andreas' disappearance is a mystery to all, including his inseparable friend Zipp. But as much as the police question him, it's not easy for Zipp to come forward with details of the last time he saw his friend: following an old woman into her home, brandishing his knife. Zipp waited anxiously outside but Andreas failed to reappear. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Andreas's disappearance is a mystery to all, including his inseparable friend Zipp. But as much as the police question him, its not easy for Zipp to come forward with details of the last time he saw his friend: following an old woman into her home, brandishing his knife. Zipp waited anxiously outside but Andreas failed to reappear.
Inspector Sejer and his colleague Skarre are baffled but while the confusion in the outside world continues, a chilling and heart-stopping drama is unfolding inside the old woman's home. In a plot in the tradition of Stephen King, Fossum deploys her trademark ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099565482
SKU
V9780099565482
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Ref
99-36
About Karin Fossum
Karin Fossum’s critically acclaimed novels have won numerous prizes. She is two-time winner of the prestigious Riverton Award and has also won the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in ... Read more
Reviews for When the Devil Holds the Candle
Like the best Rendell...she tackles the reasons people commit crimes and the devastating effect it has on the protagonists' lives
Good Book Guide
Explores the process of scapegoating, and the awful human cost of false accusations ... may well bring the half-Swedish Ruth Rendell irresistibly to mind
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
Fossum's elucidation of the criminally ... Read more
Good Book Guide
Explores the process of scapegoating, and the awful human cost of false accusations ... may well bring the half-Swedish Ruth Rendell irresistibly to mind
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
Fossum's elucidation of the criminally ... Read more