The Indian Bride
Karin Fossum's fourth chilling crime novel finds Inspector Sejer on the hunt for a brutal killer in a good town gone bad. 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 his bride is supposed to arrive,...
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Karin Fossum's fourth chilling crime novel finds Inspector Sejer on the hunt for a brutal killer in a good town gone bad. 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 his 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 crime. 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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156033367 (0156033364)
Publish date: June 1st 2008
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Detective,
India,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Murder Mystery,
Scandinavian Literature
Series: Inspector Konrad Sejer (#5)
I read this book for the 2012 TBR Challenge, and I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could. I read across a wide variety of genres, so choosing a non-romance book for this month’s TBR Challenge proved rather tricky. In the end, I went with a mystery, because I really wanted to get back into Karin Fossum’s I...
Solid debut novel The Crown has been described as a cross between a Dan Brown and Philippa Gregory novel. Set in Tudor times this historical thriller features young Dominican novice, Joanna Stafford, who has just left her priory to attend the public burning of her beloved cousin, Lady Margaret, for ...
I plan on giving all of my Karin Fossum reviews the same statement because I don't even want the hint of a spoiler on this woman's fantastic work. Fossum's writing gave me my love of Scandanavian mystery writers and I seek those writings out. Hands down,though, Fossum's work is the best I have come ...
Fossum draws excellent characters and gives them enough genuine feeling to create real tension between the desire to solve the murder at hand (for once the victim too seems more than a manufactured plot device) and an understanding of overly insular, xenophobic town life that seeks to quell any dist...
i read karin fossum's "don't look back" last summer and really, really liked it. it was sufficiently creepy and kept you guessing until the last page and, according to one friend, didn't really end the way I thought it did. i was excited about "the indian bride" but was a bit disappointed. i didn'...