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Overview

Reinhardt and Kristine Ris, a married couple, are out for a Sunday walk when they discover the body of a boy and see the figure of a man limping away. They alert the police, but not before Reinhardt, to Kristine’s horror, kneels down and takes photographs of the dead child with his cell phone. Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre begin to make inquiries in the little town of Huseby. But then another boy disappears, and an explanation seems more remote than ever. Meanwhile, the Rises’ marriage unravels as Reinhardt becomes obsessed with the tragic events and his own part in them.

 The Water’s Edge is a riveting portrayal of a community in turmoil from Karin Fossum, Norway’s “Queen of Crime.”

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The New York Times Book Review

They never last very long, those anonymous joggers and dog-walkers whose only purpose in a crime story I to trip over the body in the woods. Unless, of course, they figure in a novel by Karin Fossum, who makes it her business - and the business of her uncommonly sensitive Norwegian detective, Inspector Konrad Sejer - to scrutinize in great depth and detail every person touched by a murder. In The Water''s Edge (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25), Kristine and Reinhardt Ris discover the abused corpse of 7-year-old Jonas August Lowe when they''re out walking in the woods. Being a kind and gentle person, Kristine is appalled. But her bullying husband is so fascinated by the savage crime that he intrudes on the police investigation, revealing his own secret urges and destroying his marriage. And they aren''t even the central characters.

Fossum takes an insightful, mostly sympathetic view of everyone in the novel, including a disarming sex offender who does his best to help the police understand the mind of a pedophile - helpful advice when a second boy goes missing. And while this happens to be an exceptionally fine story, Fossum''s real narrative appeal, readily apparent in Charlotte Barslund''s translation, rests on her ability to see the humanity in even the most wretched soul.

— Marilyn Stasio

Marilyn Stasio
Fossum takes an insightful, mostly sympathetic view of everyone in the novel, including a disarming sex offender who does his best to help the police understand the mind of a pedophile—helpful advice when a second boy goes missing. And while this happens to be an exceptionally fine story, Fossum's real narrative appeal, readily apparent in Charlotte Barslund's translation, rests on her ability to see the humanity in even the most wretched soul.
—The New York Times
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Maureen Corrigan
It's a mark of Karin Fossum's writerly magnificence that even though her latest crime novel…revolves around what is at the moment the most recycled plot in both mystery and literary fiction—a missing and/or murdered child—it still manages to be an intelligent thriller…slim-but-dense marvel of a mystery.
—The Washington Post
Publishers Weekly
Near the start of Fossum's chilling sixth Inspector Sejer mystery to be made available in the U.S. (after 2008's Black Seconds), Reinhardt and Kristine Ris are out for a Sunday walk when they stumble across the partially clothed body of seven-year-old Jonas Løwe and see a man limping away in the distance. When Insp. Konrad Sejer and his young partner, Jacob Skarre, begin interviewing the inhabitants of the small town of Huseby, they learn that a man in a white car has been spotted lurking outside the local elementary school and was also seen on the road where Jonas was snatched. In a particularly disturbing segment, they interview a convicted pedophile who eagerly suggests they're looking for a first-time offender. Splitting the narrative among the police investigation, the Rises' crumbling marriage and the nameless killer, Fossum sets in motion an inevitable collision that's as unsettling as it is unexpected. (Aug.)
Library Journal
When the body of a seven-year-old boy is found in the woods outside the small Norwegian village of Huseby, Konrad Sejer and Jacob Skarre are the cops assigned to investigate, digging for even the smallest clue to solve the crime. Then another boy fails to return home. VERDICT Winner of the Gumshoe Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fossum never writes a straightforward mystery. Producing convoluted plots peopled with complex characters, Fossum is a leading author in the current Scandinavian crime fiction wave. For eager Fossum fans anxiously awaiting this title, the mysteries of Kjell Eriksson and Akë Edwardson are good alternatives.
Kirkus Reviews
Inspector Konrad Sejer confronts yet another criminal who preys on young children. Kristine and Reinhardt Ris are out for a walk in Linde Forest, taking their weekly break from their flatlining marriage, when they see first a man who looks like Hans Christian Andersen getting into a white sedan, then the body of Jonas August Lowe, who would shortly have turned eight. Sejer and his assistant, Jacob Skarre, muster every officer in their Norwegian force to make inquiries, but the case languishes even though they've managed to collect DNA evidence they can use if they ever have a suspect. Jonas August's mother Elfrid descends into a pool of bottomless grief; Reinhardt Ris develops an unhealthy obsession with the victim's life and death; and soon enough word comes that another boy has gone missing. Edwin Asalid, already obese at ten, is no one's idea of a poster child. But his doting mother Tulla, already torn by her futile struggles to control his weight, is no less distraught than Elfrid Lowe, who, phoning her in sympathy, is rebuffed by Tulla, who's frantic to believe the two women have nothing in common because Edwin's still alive. The chance spotting of a man who looks like Hans Christian Andersen provides a crucial break in the case but doesn't prepare for the real heartbreak around the corner. You've read this story dozens of times, but Fossum (Black Seconds, 2008, etc.) introduces you to characters you've never met before.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780151014217
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 8/4/2009
  • Pages: 240
  • Series: Inspector Sejer Series, #8
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

KARIN FOSSUM is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 22, 2012

    Excellent

    Karin Fossum never disappoints.

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  • Posted November 3, 2011

    Karin Fossum books are the best. recommended.

    I have read all of Karin Fossum books that are available. I look forward to new releases. If you like mystery, this is it.

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  • Posted December 24, 2009

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    mostly suspensful but bad plot

    This author delivers suspence and developes all the characters to look suspect. However, when the stories goes into how the pedophiler snatched up a 7yr old victim and what he does with him. I didn't want to read further. I love a good, page-turning thriller but NOT when it involves the victims being children. For that reason, I give this book two stars.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 10, 2009

    Like an invigorating cold shower...

    Spare, restrained and understated, this Norwegian author's writing style evokes the glacial aridity of a Scandinavian winter, in stark contrast to the more grotesque and florid motives attributed to several of the suspects. The plot is embroidered with the requisite red herrings in such a way as to make the story engaging and interesting, although the denouement devolves to a stunningly mundane conclusion - another striking contrast.

    There are a couple of awkward passages in which I got the feeling that the translator had failed to properly capture the tenor of the characters' conversations, but that didn't detract from my overall enjoyment of this mystery. It is a bracing relief from the steamier, more overheated entries in this genre on current best seller lists.

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