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The Drowned Boy
The Drowned Boy | Karin Fossum
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A new addition to the captivating Inspector Sejer series, the first since The Caller, from Norways finest crime writer Carmen and Nicolai failed to resuscitate their son, Tommy, after finding him floating in their backyard pond. When Inspector Skarre arrives on the scene, Carmen reports that Tommy, a healthy toddler with Down syndrome, wandered into the garden while Nicolai was working in the basement and she was cleaning the house. Skarre senses something is off with Carmens story and consults his trusted colleague, the famed Inspector Sejer. An autopsy reveals Tommys lungs to be full of soap. When Sejer and Skarre revisit the couple, Carmen, an epileptic, changes her story, confessing that shed been knocked unconscious by a seizure while bathing Tommy. When she came to, she found him drowned in the tub and, horrified and frightened, threw him into the pond. But Skarre and Sejers doubt is not appeased and the case is reopened. What more could Carmen be hiding? And what lengths will she take to cover her guilt? As Carmens own family starts to doubt her, Skarre and Sejer work to find the truth.
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Pageturner1
The Drowned Boy | Karin Fossum
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a sad story of how perfection is a mental illness and a baby suffers for it.
the ending was expected but left you wanting to hear more.
i will have to read some more of #karinfossum books.
#foodandlit #norway

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Pageturner1
Drowned Boy | Karin Fossum
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My Norwegian author for May. #karinfossum #norwegian #norway #foodandlit

any other suggestions?

AnneCecilie What kind of recommendations would you like? 3y
Pageturner1 @AnneCecilie any other authors from Norway 3y
SamAnne Oh! My #foodandlit choice this month is Black Seconds by her! 3y
AnneCecilie I‘m made a list a couple of weeks ago, I‘ll tag you in that. 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I've got one of her books on my list. I felt the need to try Nordic Noir. 3y
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ColleenLindsay
The Drowned Boy | Karin Fossum
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I really wanted to love this book because I've enjoyed others of Karin Fossum's. But it was an awkward read, with dreadful dialogue that I think may have been a result of bad translation. A bigger hurdle to overcome was knowing pretty much from the first chapter what would happen. There was simply no mystery in this mystery.

minkyb I understand your thoughts, but for me, I get so wrapped up in the life of the main character that l guess I have different expectations of the series. 8y
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ColleenLindsay
The Drowned Boy | Karin Fossum
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A little 96 degree heat dome isn't gonna stop me from getting a giant iced cold brew and starting a new mystery for #24in48!

flyfarther79 It's 97 here but supposed to be 108 by the afternoon! Stay cool & happy reading! 8y
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