Nordic Noir discussion

The books of Karin Fossum

About to start my first one, When The Devil Holds The Candle.
What I was looking for was a list of the books in the series in chronological order, and some ideas how much sense the books make out of order... So anyone more familiar with the series, input is welcome. :)

Just read Bad Intentions-not really much mystery but great characters and disturbing atmosphere. I really liked it.

Anna wrote: "About to start my first one, When The Devil Holds The Candle.
What I was looking for was a list of the books in the series in chronological order, and some ideas how much sense the books make out o..."

The first one that has been translated is Don't Look Back. I suppose you could read the books out of order, but Fossum is pretty character driven and her character Ins. Sejer is a pretty complex guy.

Hi Naomi et al.,
I've finished the entire Inspector Sejer series now that the first one, In the Darkness, has finally been published (forthcoming in US as Eva's Eye). I've recently wrote a feature article on Crime Fiction Lover about Fossum and the Inspector Sejer series with capsule summaries of all ten of the books, so I wanted to share with you since we've chatted about Fossum in the past. Best, Jeremy http://bit.ly/12lNNYO

What an awesome article! Do you know if she has any more upcoming other than the first in series? Also..when is Eva's Eye coming?

Jeremy wrote: "Hi Naomi et al.,
I've finished the entire Inspector Sejer series now that the first one, In the Darkness, has finally been published (forthcoming in US as Eva's Eye). I've recently wrote a feature ..."

I grabbed Eva's Eye. Thanks for the heads up. I probably would have missed it.

My library finally got a copy of Eva's Eye in - it was just sitting there all nice and pretty on the new releases shelf - so I grabbed it - looking forward to starting it in September (have it slotted into a reading challenge)

She has one that I need to check out. I am trying to determine the availability. Plus, I noticed that it is getting panned and not sure why.

which one naomi?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Anna wrote: "About to start my first one, When The Devil Holds The Candle.
What I was looking for was a list of the books in the series in chronological order, and some ideas how much sense the books make out o..."

I would try to read them in order as others have stated Inspector Sejer does have a story line that goes in Chronological order. I began with Don't Look Back, have read everything up to Black Seconds which I just finished a couple weeks ago. I will get Eva's Eye just to complete the set. I always enjoy her books and will read the entire series. Keep us updated on your progress:)

i didn't really see anyone pan it per say...just the one liner about not being in love with it - unless there i something i'm not seeing

I am talking about what GR reviewers said about it.

Blackkit10 wrote: "Anna wrote: "About to start my first one, When The Devil Holds The Candle.
What I was looking for was a list of the books in the series in chronological order, and some ideas how much sense the boo..."

They're worth reading in order, now that all but one are finally translated. There's a list in chronological order w/ capsule reviews here

Does she have any new ones coming out, Jeremy?

Hi Naomi, The latest, non-Sejer book is all I know about, but I haven't read it. Still waiting for them to translate the Death of Harriet Krohn (inspector Sejer # 7). Karin doesn't seem to be big on social media so we don't have much info.

That is the one that I have been seeing panned. It's availability is also very confusing.

Naomi wrote: "That is the one that I have been seeing panned. It's availability is also very confusing."

I'll say, and you'll find no answers here. GR's general inability to manage bibliographic and publication metadata is confounding considering it's a book-oriented site.

That was actually on Amazon too.

I really liked Eva's Eye, it made the top 5 on Crime Fiction Lover.

I had a chance to watch the movie THE GIRL BY THE LAKE (ITALIAN)last night. It is based on KF's book Don't Look Back. It was actually a very good movie. I grabbed it off Netflix.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl...

So the movie is in Italian with subtitles?

Yes, I would love to know if there are any other movies out there of her books!

Karin has a new book coming out in November(I believe). The Murder of Harriet Krohn. I have pre-ordered it, of course!