Description
When a toddler’s drowning in a backyard pond is first treated as an accident, a small community is left reeling—and Chief Inspector Sejer is called in to look closer. As his investigation unfolds, the case begins to resist easy explanations, exposing strained relationships, buried resentments, and the quiet ways grief can distort truth. With Karin Fossum’s signature psychological acuity, the story moves beyond the mechanics of a crime to examine guilt, loyalty, and the fragile boundaries between negligence and intent. Part police procedural, part intimate portrait of human vulnerability, this suspenseful novel asks what we owe the dead—and what we’re willing to hide from the living.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2016
256 pages
ISBN: 9780099593621
Reviews
No ratings yet. Be the first!
No written reviews yet.
Details
First Published
2002
Language
eng
Translation
From: nor
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Drowned Boy by Karin Fossum.