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"Inspector Sejer belongs alongside the likes of Adam Dalgliesh and Inspector Morse -- a gifted detective and a troubled man."
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Inspector Konrad Sejer returns on the trail of a violent killer in small-town Norway.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Gunder Jomann is a quiet, middle-aged man who lives a peaceful if remarkably unremarkable life in the quiet village of Elvestad, Norway. Many think him "simple", and possibly this is so, but he is still an intelligent, noble and gentle figure, and manages to surprise everyone when they hear he has returned home from India a married man. However, on the same evening his bride Poona is due to arrive at the airport Jomann's sister is the victim of an accident, and he has to send a local taxi-driver to collect her instead. But she is nowhere to be found, and he returns without her. The next day, the small town is rocked with the news of an Indian woman found bludgeoned to death in a nearby field.
Inspector Konrad Sejer is horrified by the brutality of the attack, and vows to find the person responsible among a town where no-one seems to be telling the complete truth, everyone seems to have secrets to keep, and everyone's behaviour is distorted by the fact one of their own may be a guilty of this horrendous crime.
Calling Out For You is a novel with an immense emotional power. It would, I imagine, be almost impossible to read this without total emotional involvement in the characters and what's happening to them. The opening fifty pages, during which lonely Gunder travels to India and finds a wife, only to have her vibrant presence in his life snuffed out on the night she, a stranger in a strange land, arrives to be with him, are at first touching and then ultimately shattering. Fossum's ability to pin-point how completely barbaric the crime, how monstrous, desolate and even beyond words it is, is stunning. This is a hard novel to read for that, for the sense it carries of how horrifically man can act towards himself, but it's nonetheless a rewarding one, and one I would recommend without reservation.
Fossum's talent for creating such moving, psychologically accurate characters - part of the reason the book has such power; her characters are entirely real, entirely convincing - is at its clearest in this book. Too, her ability to conjure the details of their everyday lives into something special and significant, relevant to us all, is striking as well. She doesn't neglect the story, either, the result being that this book has almost everything you could want. The gradual progress of the investigation is fascinating, the characters' reactions to every revelation telling, and there's a slow accruing of detail that makes the final solution inevitable. Not that everything is wrapped up: the final pages introduce an uncomfortable ambiguity to everything that left the book mouldering in my head for a long time.
Calling Out For You is a very special work of crime fiction indeed, and certainly Fossum's best so far. Subtly and sensitively, she draws up an emotional storm that has the power to, finally, knock the reader over. I've not a read a crime novel that's made me cry in a very long time. As I turned to the final page, this one did.
Inspector Konrad Sejer is horrified by the brutality of the attack, and vows to find the person responsible among a town where no-one seems to be telling the complete truth, everyone seems to have secrets to keep, and everyone's behaviour is distorted by the fact one of their own may be a guilty of this horrendous crime.
Calling Out For You is a novel with an immense emotional power. It would, I imagine, be almost impossible to read this without total emotional involvement in the characters and what's happening to them. The opening fifty pages, during which lonely Gunder travels to India and finds a wife, only to have her vibrant presence in his life snuffed out on the night she, a stranger in a strange land, arrives to be with him, are at first touching and then ultimately shattering. Fossum's ability to pin-point how completely barbaric the crime, how monstrous, desolate and even beyond words it is, is stunning. This is a hard novel to read for that, for the sense it carries of how horrifically man can act towards himself, but it's nonetheless a rewarding one, and one I would recommend without reservation.
Fossum's talent for creating such moving, psychologically accurate characters - part of the reason the book has such power; her characters are entirely real, entirely convincing - is at its clearest in this book. Too, her ability to conjure the details of their everyday lives into something special and significant, relevant to us all, is striking as well. She doesn't neglect the story, either, the result being that this book has almost everything you could want. The gradual progress of the investigation is fascinating, the characters' reactions to every revelation telling, and there's a slow accruing of detail that makes the final solution inevitable. Not that everything is wrapped up: the final pages introduce an uncomfortable ambiguity to everything that left the book mouldering in my head for a long time.
Calling Out For You is a very special work of crime fiction indeed, and certainly Fossum's best so far. Subtly and sensitively, she draws up an emotional storm that has the power to, finally, knock the reader over. I've not a read a crime novel that's made me cry in a very long time. As I turned to the final page, this one did.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Gunder Jomann is a quiet, middle-aged man who lives a peaceful if remarkably unremarkable life in the quiet village of Elvestad, Norway. Many think him "simple", and possibly this is so, but he is still an intelligent, noble and gentle figure, and manages to surprise everyone when they hear he has returned home from India a married man. However, on the same evening his bride Poona is due to arrive at the airport Jomann's sister is the victim of an accident, and he has to send a local taxi-driver to collect her instead. But she is nowhere to be found, and he returns without her. The next day, the small town is rocked with the news of an Indian woman found bludgeoned to death in a nearby field.
Inspector Konrad Sejer is horrified by the brutality of the attack, and vows to find the person responsible among a town where no-one seems to be telling the complete truth, everyone seems to have secrets to keep, and everyone's behaviour is distorted by the fact one of their own may be a guilty of this horrendous crime.
Calling Out For You is a novel with an immense emotional power. It would, I imagine, be almost impossible to read this without total emotional involvement in the characters and what's happening to them. The opening fifty pages, during which lonely Gunder travels to India and finds a wife, only to have her vibrant presence in his life snuffed out on the night she, a stranger in a strange land, arrives to be with him, are at first touching and then ultimately shattering. Fossum's ability to pin-point how completely barbaric the crime, how monstrous, desolate and even beyond words it is, is stunning. This is a hard novel to read for that, for the sense it carries of how horrifically man can act towards himself, but it's nonetheless a rewarding one, and one I would recommend without reservation.
Fossum's talent for creating such moving, psychologically accurate characters - part of the reason the book has such power; her characters are entirely real, entirely convincing - is at its clearest in this book. Too, her ability to conjure the details of their everyday lives into something special and significant, relevant to us all, is striking as well. She doesn't neglect the story, either, the result being that this book has almost everything you could want. The gradual progress of the investigation is fascinating, the characters' reactions to every revelation telling, and there's a slow accruing of detail that makes the final solution inevitable. Not that everything is wrapped up: the final pages introduce an uncomfortable ambiguity to everything that left the book mouldering in my head for a long time.
Calling Out For You is a very special work of crime fiction indeed, and certainly Fossum's best so far. Subtly and sensitively, she draws up an emotional storm that has the power to, finally, knock the reader over. I've not a read a crime novel that's made me cry in a very long time. As I turned to the final page, this one did.
48 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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A word of warning. This book is the 2007 United States release of the UK released CALLING OUT FOR YOU from 2006. This version has the title THE INDIAN BRIDE and if you have already read or bought CALLING OUT FOR YOU, please AVOID this novel!!
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a subtle and sensitive detective story - pleasingly different
This is the third Karin Fossum Inspector Sejer book I've read. I greatly enjoyed 'The Caller', 'He who Fears the Wolf' a little less so. This one is marvellous. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane
fossum at her best
calling out for you (aka the indian bride) is a very satisfying read because fossum does what she does best - provide us with a sympathetic portrayal of all her characters, and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Avid Reader
Good read but I didnt like the end of the story.
This is the first novel I have read from this author, I liked it and would probably read more, however I felt I was left confused at the end.
Published 9 months ago by Anna M. Linney
Just so good
A deeply moving and rivetting book. God, Fossum's good. She sees the world in such a unique way. Quietly stunning.
Published 11 months ago by Kim
Bit silly
I find it odd that no forensics were performed on vital evidence. I personally think the book could have had some pages cut out and put at the end, to clarify some things!
Published 22 months ago by rob
Harrowing tale of how it can all go wrong
This is an excellent read - thoughtful, gripping and ultimately very, very sad.
As is her forte, Karin Fossum builds an essentially simple tale on the basis of how one... Read more
As is her forte, Karin Fossum builds an essentially simple tale on the basis of how one... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Pensive late forties
Karins best novel
This is definitive the best novel in the series of crime stories written by Karin Fossum.
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by Trond
Let's Pick A Few Nits
Has the title got anything at all to do with the story? "The Indian Bride" is more relevant - but sounds like Mills and Boon.
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Published on 20 Sep 2009 by Yellow Duck
A great thriller
This book is so well written. Not only it's a great thriller but it also gives you a fantastic insight into the life of rural Norway. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by Laurence Baillie
Great, but beware of same book with different title.
First, "The Indian Bride" and "Calling out for you" are one and the same book.
This is another brilliant Inspector Seyer murder mystery which is highly evocative of the... Read more
This is another brilliant Inspector Seyer murder mystery which is highly evocative of the... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2009 by J. Scott
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