PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
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 more than forty countries.
It is her ability to make average, often wounded human psyches crackle and glow...that is Fossum's forte...She has an exceptional eye for fragility and vulnerability, and the complexity and dark humour of these states of mind. * AFTENPOSTEN * The Whisperer contains deep psychological insight ... Creepy, unnerving discomfort and plausible madness in everyday life... Builds towards the shocking reveal. * VG * Exemplary... the suspense is maintained with a sure touch -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian * The new twists are all wonderful and the old creepy atmosphere is brilliantly recreated with Long Island's swirling mists -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail * The final page will make your jaw drop and your heart stop -- Mark Saunderson * Evening Standard *
