Inspector Sejer Mysteries: The Murder of Harriet Krohn (Series #10) (Hardcover)

from crosbyp

This is more Ruth Rendell territory: Sad loser's relentless downfall. More of a psychological study as there is not much mystery in this mystery. Unfortunately, the main character is rather vapid and unsympathetic. Comes to life a little when near the very end Inspector Sejer comes on the scene a...

from cathyskye

Anyone who picks up The Murder of Harriet Krohn and expects to read a typical Konrad Sejer police procedural is in for a rude shock. This seventh book in the series is told from the killer's point of view. At the beginning, this is a successful ploy as we get to see just how messed up Charles Ola...

from ffortsa

I went back in the series to read this one I had skipped, but maybe I shouldn't have. As someone else said, it takes place completely from the point of view of the perpetrator, which could work but didn't quite. The relationships between the perpetrator and family were interesting, but not what I...

from Perednia

A father writes a heartfelt letter to his estranged daughter. She is clearly the most important thing in his life, the reason, really, that he lives. Why won't she have anything to do with him? Karin Fossum answers that question and more in The Murder of Harriet Krohn, an absorbing character stud...

from bhowell

Now that is the way to write a mystery novel. The modern lightweight first person unreliable narrator stories can't compare.