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“Tantalizing.” — Washington Post “One of the standouts of the Nordic thriller boom.” — New York Magazine “No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can.” — Los Angeles Times “A truly great writer and explorer of the human mind.” — Jo Nesbø “The queen of Norwegian crime fiction . . . Prolific and brilliant.” —Men’s Journal Charlo Torp, a newly recovered gambler, makes his way through the slush to Harriet Krohn’s apartment, flowers in hand. Determined to pay off his debts, Charlo plans to steal the old woman’s antique silver collection. But he didn’t expect her to put up a fight. The following morning, Inspector Sejer is called to the scene to investigate. Harriet is dead, her silver missing, and the only clue in the apartment is an abandoned bouquet. When Charlo sees the news, he knows he should be relieved, but he’s heard of Sejer’s amazing record — the detective has solved every case he’s ever been assigned to. Told through the eyes of a killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: How far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterward?
The Murder of Harriet Krohn (Inspector Sejer Mysteries), by Karin Fossum- Amazon Sales Rank: #717741 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-03
- Released on: 2015-11-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .73" w x 5.31" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Review • "Fossum's descriptive prose is a reminder, for criminals and readers alike, that the details that damn us are likely to be the ones that escaped us." --Kathy Blumenstock, Washington Post
From the Inside Flap On a wet, gray night in early November, Charlo Torp, a former gambler who’s recently kicked the habit, makes his way through the slush to Harriet Krohn’s apartment, flowers in hand. Certain that paying off his debt is the only path to starting a new life and winning his daughter’s forgiveness, Charlo plans to rob the wealthy old woman’s antique silver collection. What he doesn’t expect is for her to fight back. The following morning Harriet is found dead, her antique silver missing, and the only clue Inspector Sejer and his team find in the apartment is an abandoned bouquet. Charlo should feel relieved, but he’s heard of Sejer’s amazing record — the detective has solved every case he’s ever been assigned to. Told through the eyes of a killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: How far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterward?
From the Back Cover “One of the standouts of the Nordic thriller boom.” — New York Magazine “No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can.” — Los Angeles Times “A truly great writer and explorer of the human mind.” — Jo Nesbø “The queen of Norwegian crime fiction . . . Prolific and brilliant.” —Men’s Journal Charlo Torp, a newly recovered gambler, makes his way through the slush to Harriet Krohn’s apartment, flowers in hand. Determined to pay off his debts, Charlo plans to steal the old woman’s antique silver collection. But he didn’t expect her to put up a fight. The following morning, Inspector Sejer is called to the scene to investigate. Harriet is dead, her silver missing, and the only clue in the apartment is an abandoned bouquet. When Charlo sees the news, he knows he should be relieved, but he’s heard of Sejer’s amazing record — the detective has solved every case he’s ever been assigned to. Told through the eyes of a killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: How far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterward? Karin Fossum is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. Her recent honors include a Gumshoe Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for mystery/thriller.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful. An interesting-- but ultimately unsatisfying-- change of pace in the Sejer series By Cathy G. Cole 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 Olav Torp's life is, how he's ruined his relationship with his 16-year-old daughter, how far he's willing to go in an attempt to straighten everything out-- and ultimately how self-deluded he is. Harriet Krohn isn't particularly sympathetic as a murder victim. She's abrasive, judgmental, and wrapped in a thick batting of entitlement. No, this book is all about Charlo... and the Sejer-sized shadow that looms ever larger in the background.I've read the other books in Fossum's marvelous series, and as Charlo committed robbery and murder, I mentally cataloged each clue that he left for Sejer and his team to find. As certain things were released to the press, I smiled because I knew the inspector was closing in, and it certainly was interesting to see an interrogation through the killer's eyes. But Charlo just wasn't the right character to carry the entire weight of the narrative. Perhaps if he were an intelligent sort of killer capable of playing cat and mouse with a worthy adversary like Sejer, but he isn't. Charlo isn't particularly smart; he's self-centered, whiny, and pathetic, and after a while all his whining, all his complaints, all his justifications have gathered enough strength to pull a reader's interest right down into the dust.It wasn't until I'd had time to digest this book a bit more that I felt a chill moving up my spine. Most criminals are exactly like Charles Olav Torp. They're not very smart. They can never accept responsibility for their own actions. They whine and complain. The Murder of Harriet Krohn may be Karin Fossum's warning to us all: Be careful. There are many more Charlos out there than we can ever realize, and they're all bringing their clouds of disaster with them. To share.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Norwegian Inspector Columbo? By E. Burian-Mohr Charlo Torp has a deceased wife, a daughter who wants nothing to do with him, no job, no friends, and a pile of debts. And there are reasons for this. He has/had a gambling habit that left him in the hole with the wrong people, who are now threatening him. He gambled away the money his daughter had saved up to buy a horse. He lost his job as a car salesman because he was stealing from the company.Charlo merely sees himself as unfortunate, a victim of a series of things that haven't gone his way. And, in his friendless jobless state, he spends a lot of time thinking and doing internal monologues. Thus, he comes up with a plan. He has spotted an old woman at a coffee shop (Harriet Krohn), and she apparently has a lot of old silver. Charlo plans to steal it to pay off his gambling debts and get a fresh start. To gain entry he buys her a bouquet of flowers, and pretends to be a delivery boy.Except once he gets in and starts routing though the silver, poor old Harriet starts to shriek, which annoys Charlo, so he hits her over the head with the butt of his revolver. Many times. Until she is dead on the kitchen floor.He leaves the flowers, takes the silver and whatever else he can find, and sets out to change his life and get his daughter back,I have to admit that I am not a fan of translated mystery novels because, well, much is lost in the translation. And I find Scandinavian literature particularly dark. As a friend of Scandinavian extraction likes to point out, literary Scandinavian characters play chess with Death. I am probably the only mystery addict who has NOT read "The Girl Who --" books.But I ignored all that and plunged right in.And it's a dark book. Very dark. And, as I mentioned, Charlo does a lot of internal monologue. I mean, really, who else does he have to talk to? All this darkness and talking to oneself can cause a reader to grow weary. It took him 16 pages to buy the bouquet of flowers he leaves behind. And, of course, it was a cold dark rainy grim night.Charlo spends a lot of time justifying what he did and a lot of time getting his daughter to talk to him. About 100 pages in, I was ready to beat him with the butt end of his revolver.But... the book has much to recommend it. Get beyond the cold dark dreariness and you will:tiptoe into the mind of a rather untraditional killerlearn a lot about horses and ridingread some amazing descriptions an unfamiliar landscapeencounter unpronounceable street namesand best of all...meet Inspector Konrad SejerInsp. Konrad Sejer is a wonderful character. I liked him as nuch as I loathed Charlo. He's a Norwegian Inspector Columbo, complete with dog and "just one more question."In fact, I liked Sejer so much, I might consider reading another book by Karin Fossum. As soon as I finish my chess match with death.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Moving and very very clever By Amazon Customer The preoccupation for Scandinavian crime fiction of many readers is sometimes questioned. One response is to get people to read Karin Fossum's Inspector Konrad Sejer series. Within the one series, Fossum is able to shift the perspective, analyse the reasons why, explore the outcomes and long-term effects of crime, and play with accepted perceptions of clear cut resolutions. In THE MURDER OF HARRIET KROHN, whilst still part of the Sejer series, she's tipped the perspective completely - this is not a whodunnit, or even necessarily a whydunnit, but a how do you live with what you've just done.There's absolutely no doubt from the opening set up of this book who Charlo Torp is, what a self-inflicted mess he's made of his life, and what his solution to the problem is. It's quite a chilling portrayal. The matter-of-fact way in which Torp sets out to murder Harriet Krohn and his initial reactions post the crime.It would be an easy thing to have him remain ambivalent, self-justifying. Comfortable that his decision is what was required to sort out his own life and his relationship with his daughter. Certainly post his crime, and as a result of the money and possessions he steals, his life takes a turn for the better. He's able to reconnect with his daughter, he can provide her with the one thing she longs for more than anything else. But somewhere in the middle of all that happy ever after there's something more than just the pressure he's feeling from Inspector Sejer's investigation.The investigation does take a back seat in this book, but fans of crime fiction that's all about the "chase" would be doing themselves a disservice by missing THE MURDER HARRIET KROHN. This is a carefully laid out, conservatively presented, seeringly understated, big dose of what goes around, comes around. The frightening thing is how blithely ignorant Torp is of what's happening, how his choices impact other people, and what he could have done differently. Until it's way too late.[...]
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