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Don't Look Back

By: Karin Fossum
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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 Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs - beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its seeming tranquillity is disturbed forever. Enter Inspector Sejer, a tough, no-nonsense policeman whose own life is tinged by sadness. As the suspense builds, and the list of suspects grows, Sejer's determination to discover the truth leads him to peel away layer upon layer of distrust and lies in this tiny community where apparently normal family ties hide dark secrets. Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's novels evoke a world that is terrifyingly familiar. Don't Look back introduces the tough, ethical Inspector Sejer to British readers. Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Village Crime

Critic reviews

'Don't Look Back, shows just how well [Fossum] deserves her cont inental fame... all of her characters [are] marked by an intelligent compassion that is not often found in the pages of crime fiction and her prose comes through translation with grace and style'
Ends with such a blow to the stomach that most readers will wish th ey had failed to understand the appalling outcome to this apparently routine investigation.
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Again Karin Fossum adds a pyschological element to her police thriller. Again there were many twists and turns that kept you on the edge of your seat

excellent

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This was ok to pass the time in the car and it kept me going even though around half way through I had already figured it out. Once I had finished though I felt like I probably could have passed the time with a better book. This novel just didn't really stand out for me in any way. It was all rather bland and it also doesn't convey that sense of place that I tend to expect from Nordic crime fiction. Aside from the Characters names it could have been any village in England. I would give it two and a half stars if I could. Not bad enough for two stars (disliked it) but not really up there with the three star reads. David Rintoul did a good job with the narration though and I will look out to see what else he has narrated.



An ok listen but nothing special

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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this second novel in the Inspector Sejer series. I particularly like David Rintoul's narration, and I expect to make my way through the whole series now!
This book began with a storyline which was emerging at the end of the first novel and which was peripheral but important background to the plot. The characters are interesting and realistic, as is the storyline. There was little political interest in the story apart from an understanding that the police and pathology services are understaffed and underresourced. Although there were many surprises, it always seemed believable. Recommend.

Good Scandinavian police novel

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I was looking for another novel to rival Henning Mankell and came upon Karin Fossum. I enjoyed the read and the characters and story were fairly interesting but I would not say that I loved the book I have since read other novels by same author with similar effect While they are enjoyable they are no where near Henning Mankell. The narration was good and fitted with the book story.

Interesting but not Henning Mankell

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Firstly, a very good narration by David Rintoul.

I was looking for another series now that I have come to the end of the fab Wallander series. This doesn't quite match up, but doesn't do a bad job of trying.
Unfortunately it succumbed to a typical ending, which I won't describe, but it disappointed me, hence the three stars for 'story'.

Let down by the end

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