Don't Look Back (novel) explained

Don't Look Back
Title Orig:Se deg ikke tilbake!
Translator:Felicity David
Author:Karin Fossum
Country:Norway
Language:Norwegian
Series:Inspector Konrad Sejer, #2
Genre:Crime novel
Publisher:Cappelen (Norway)
Pub Date:1996
English Pub Date:October 2002
Media Type:Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Isbn:1-86046-977-9
Dewey:839.82/38 22
Congress:PT8951.16.O735 S413 2002
Oclc:50215251
Preceded By:In the Darkness
Followed By:He Who Fears the Wolf

Don't Look Back (Norwegian: Se deg ikke tilbake!, 1996) is a novel by Norwegian writer Karin Fossum, the second to feature Inspector Konrad Sejer.[1] The novel is the first book of Fossum which was translated into English.[1] It won the Glass Key Award in 1997.[1] It was filmed in 2007 as La ragazza del lago (aka The Girl by the Lake).

Plot

The body of a local teenage girl named Annie was found by an idyllic pond in the woods. The suspect list grows indefinitely. However, as Inspector Sejer and his partner Jacob Skarre question the girl's family, and others, they realize she has a shocking secret she shared with no one. He strives to understand Annie's true character, as the answer may lie in her own strange behavior leading up to her death.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jeremy Megraw. A Guide to Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer. 17 January 2016. Crime Fiction Lover. 10 July 2013.