The Drowned Boy

Karin Fossum author Kari Dickson translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:2nd Jun '16

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Drowned Boy cover

The new Inspector Sejer novel

‘He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.’

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother’s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

‘He'd just learnt to walk,’ she said. ‘He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.’

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother’s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

Fossum’s Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date -- Declan Burke * Irish Times *
Fossum’s Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date -- Declan Burke * Irish Times *
A simple but gripping story, balanced, believable and compassionate, about a sensitive subject -- Laura Wilson * Guardian *
Nordic noir of note * GQ *
A tightly woven tale in spare but piercing prose * Metro *

  • Short-listed for The Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2016 (UK)

ISBN: 9780099593621

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages