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| Title | : | Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer #6) |
| Author | : | Karin Fossum |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2007 by Harvill Secker (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. European Literature. Scandinavian Literature |
Karin Fossum
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 3.83 | 5022 Users | 373 Reviews
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Ida Joner gets on her brand-new bike and sets off to buy sweets. A good-natured, happy girl, she is looking forward to her tenth birthday. Thirty-five minutes after Ida should have come home, Helga Joner, her mother, starts to worry. She phones the shop and various friends, but no one has seen her daughter. As the family goes out looking for Ida, Helga's worst nightmare becomes reality, and they contact the police. Hundreds of volunteers comb the neighbourhood, but there are no traces of Ida or her bike. As the relatives reach breaking point and the media frenzy begins, Inspector Sejer is calm and reassuring. But he finds the case puzzling. Usually missing children are found within forty-eight hours. Ida Joner seems to have vanished without a trace.
Mention Books Toward Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer #6)
| Original Title: | Svarte Sekunder (Konrad Sejer, #6) |
| ISBN: | 1846550181 (ISBN13: 9781846550188) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Konrad Sejer #6 |
| Setting: | Norway |
| Literary Awards: | Martin Beck Award (2002) |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 5022 Users | 373 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books Black Seconds (Konrad Sejer #6)
This is a wonderful series. I've read two others but didn't realize that ALL of Fossum's books are now available on Kindle through my local library. Wow, I am going to start from the beginning and read them all. Ida, a beautiful, precocious, daring only child, turns up missing. Two threads are developed, one of which leads to the killer, in an unpredictable way. It may seem strange to comment on the COLOR of a police procedural, but the use of color in this book is striking and significant - aNot all crimes are driven by malice and some of the best mysteries are not whodunnits but rather the how and why. This book crosses the 'T' on that. Inspecter Sejer with his calm and refined pursuit for the truth, than the criminal, is definitely one of the most charming fictional detectives.Ida Joner, a young girl goes missing along with her bicycle, under the watchful eyes of her mother. Inspecter Sejjer knows when a young girl is kidnapped, the girl will turn up, dead or alive, very soon.
This is the second Karin Fossum book I've read (I'm on a Scandinavian crime fiction reading jag right now). One thing I notice about her style is that it's an emotional drama disguised as a mystery/crime. Karin Fossum tells the story about a little girl who disappears while off riding her bike on her way to a store - every parent's nightmare. The emotion that grips all the characters as the story develops gives them fullness and depth, and makes for compelling reading. If you are expecting
A young girl goes missing and Inspector Sejer is assigned the case. Definitely not a high octane thriller but a well written, though with an understated style, tale of suspense set in Norway.
Addictive and appealing mystery series
The disappearance of a young child and the ensuing police hunt is a well-worn trope in crime fiction. Ive read so many crime tales of this nature I no longer bother with them, but I decided to make an exception for Karin Fossums Black Seconds, because shes an author I can trust to cover such a crime in a compassionate, thoughtful way.In the past I have read many of Fossums books, both her standalone titles and those that are part of her Inspector Sejer series, and she has an acutely perceptive
Just shy of her 10th birthday, Ida Joner disappears while biking down to the neighborhood store. She never arrived at her destination and no one saw a thing. Volunteers mount days of searches to no avail. When clues do surface, the mystery only deepens. Inspector Konrad Sejer pushes forward with a case that concludes with a page-turning series of interrogations including an autistic loner in his early 50s whose only word is "no". Sejer does not just want to win; he also wants to understand what
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