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Another wonderful story by Karin Fossum. This is the 5th book about detective inspector Konrad Sejer, but can be read independently.  I love Fossum's writing and story telling, and this is a very touching story about a middle aged, rather lonely, man.  "Gunder Jomann thinks his life has been made complete when he returns from a trip to India a married man. But on the day his bride arrives in Norway she vanishes. Then the town is shocked by the news of an Indian woman found bludgeoned to death in a nearby meadow. Inspector Sejer and his colleague Skarre head the murder inquiry, planting seeds of suspicion in a community which has always believed itself to be peaceful and safe." As one can imagine finding the dead woman is a big event in a small town where nothing much usually happens. Fossum  creates a set of ordinary people who reacts in different way to violent actions. Her characters are so well defined that you really think you know the people. You probably do, because...