He Who Fears the Wolf

Title: He Who Fears the Wolf
Author: Karin Fossum
ISBN: 9780156030496
Publisher: HarperVia
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher Description: <p>Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating the brutal murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is another loner, a schizophrenic recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness is a twelve-year-old boy, overweight, obsessed with archery, and a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a nearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance. <p/> Shrewdly, patiently, as is his way, Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangeness of the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals, and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information he tries to collect. Fossum once again provides extraordinary insight into marginalized lives and richly evokes the atmosphere she captured so brilliantly in <i>Don't Look Back</i>.<br> </p>