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Black Seconds - Karin Fossum

Description: ISBN 0099501724 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Karin Fossum / Mass Market Paperback / 272 Pages / Book is published 2008-05-01 by ... more

Black Seconds - Karin Fossum ... Vintage

Newest Review: ... through in the confident approach she takes with this book. The tag line to Black Seconds is: 'When a child disappears, ... more

... every second counts'. As you can guess from this, the story is based on the case of a missing child. Ida, a young, intelligent and confident little girl, sets off on her yellow bike to a local store to buy a magazine. Her mother, always weary of beautiful girl leaving the house, panics when Ida is even a few minutes later than usual returning. Her worry turns out to be warranted, as days later, there is still no sign of the girl or her bike. The search begins, and thought is put on the motivations of a possible abduct...more

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Black Seconds - Karin Fossum: A Mother's Worst Fear (683 words)
by - written on 06/07/09 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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I noticed this book came free with a recent issue of Psychologies magazine, and after checking the synopsis, decided it would be worth a read as I've recently started getting into crime novels. Black Seconds was written by Karin Fossum and published in 2008. Prior to seeing this book for the first time, I had never heard of the author and so had no idea what to expect. I was quite surprised when I got home with the book and looked on the internet, because she's actually an award-winning author, often referred to as the 'Norwegian queen of crime'. As her alter-ego suggests, Fossum is Norwegian and so her works have been translated. Fossum initially ... Read the complete review