The Drowned Boy

  • Author Karin Fossum
  • Narrator David Rintoul
  • Publisher Random House
  • Run Time 6 hours and 30 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Crime and mystery fiction.
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What to expect

‘He'd just learnt to walk,’ she said. ‘He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.’

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mother’s story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

Critics Review

  • Fossum’s Inspector Sejer novels are invariably morally and psychologically complex affairs, but The Drowned Boy might well be her crowning achievement to date

    Irish Times

  • A simple but gripping story, balanced, believable and compassionate, about a sensitive subject

    Guardian

  • Nordic noir of note

    GQ

  • A tightly woven tale in spare but piercing prose

    Metro

  • Moving and thought-provoking

    Big Issue

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