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Inspector Konrad Sejer heads up the investigation into a brutal murder after the battered body of a woman is found outside of the town of Elvestad on the same day that the townspeople are expecting to meet the new Indian bride of local bachelor Gunder Jomann, who unexpectedly has returned home married after a two-week trip to India. By the author of Don't Look Back. Reprint.
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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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