# Hell Fire - Paperback

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by **Karin Fossum** (Author)

**"A truly great writer and explorer of the human mind." -- Jo Nesb**

**"What grips readers is the enormous amount of emotion \[Fossum\] works up as we get closer and closer to reliving the murderous event in question . . . _Hell Fire_ is close to heartbreaking, and there are not many novels, thrillers or otherwise, you can say that about." -- _Los Angeles Times_**

A gruesome tableau awaits Inspector Konrad Sejer in the oppressive summer heat: a woman and a young boy lay dead in a pool of blood near a dank trailer. The motivation behind the deaths of Bonnie Hayden and her five-year-old son, Simon, is mysterious--there is no sign of robbery. Who would brutally stab a defenseless woman and her child? In a parallel story, another mother, Mass Malthe, navigates life with her adult son, Eddie. It's a relationship some would call too close, since Eddie's father, a man he obsesses over, abandoned them many years ago. As Sejer searches for the truth behind the seemingly senseless killings, _Hell Fire_ deftly probes why we lie to those closest to us, and what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes.

**"There's always something dark hovering on the edge of the page, something about getting what you wish for and the crushing irony when that gift proves your undoing." -- _New York Times Book Review_**  

### Author Biography

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. She lives in Sylling, Norway.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** August 15, 2017

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 5.9

**Point Value:** 14

## Details

- **Price:** 21.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, International Crime & Mystery, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Price Written on Book, Thrillers

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