A young boy by the name of Kannick dashed into the police station to report that he'd discovered the body of a woman who'd been brutally killed. He also reported that he'd seen someone else in the woods nearby and that it looked like Errki, who'd just escaped from a mental hospital. As if this wasn't enough for Inspector Konrad Sejer to cope with, the local Bank is robbed the following morning and a hostage is taken by the gunman. Sejer was almost a witness to the robbery, having left the Bank just seconds before it happened.
I came to Karin Fossum via the Kurt Wallander novels of Henning Mankell ( [[The Fifth Woman]],[[Faceless Killers]] and [[The Dogs of Riga]] and if you like this type of book they're certainly worth exploring.
{{amazontext|amazon=0099455226}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=43125490099455226}} [[Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer novels in chronological order]]