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Karin FossumI Can See in the DarkJeg kan se i mørketRiktor is the protagonist in Karin Fossum's newcrime novel. He has worked for many years in a nursinghome and seems to be normal, quiet and polite.He is often left on his own to manage patients withmany and complex care needs. He torments them atevery opportunity – pinches the skin at the back oftheir necks, pulls their hair. Medication that mighthave soothed their pain is poured down the loo andsyringe contents injected into the mattress. Riktor issimply the «Nurse from Hell».▶Crime FictionHe is a loner but when he encounters Arnfinn, aman with a severe alcohol problem, a kind of friendshipgrows between them. Then one day Riktorcomes across Arnfinn extracting money from hiswallet. That's the end of Arnfinn: Riktor kills him unhesitatingly. A few days later, DI Randersturns up and charges Riktor with the murder of one of the elderly patients in the nursing home –and locks him up for a crime he didn't commit.The tension and suspense of the narrative are as much related to the insight into Riktor'sdark mind, as to the case against him. Will he be found innocent of the old lady's murder?Will he be charged with killing Arnfinn?Rights sold to: Belgium (WPG), Denmark (Gyldendal), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Finland (Johnny Kniga),France (Seuil), Sweden (Forum) and United Kingdom (Harvill Secker).‘Karin Fossum deserves great praise for her stringent language andimpressive psychological insight in her new, dark novel.’NRK‘The language in itself makes her new book worth reading … Fossum’ssentences are vivid and crystal clear, free of redundancies, and in this novelthey come with a rhythm which seems to be perfectly in tune with thecontent.’Dagbladet‘A story in which the reader is driven forth by intensity and the unmatchedmastery of language.’DagsavisenKarin Fossum (1954–) made her literary début in 1974 with the poetry collection Kanskjei morgen, for which she won the Vesaas First Writer's Award. She has published books inseveral genres, but is best known for her crime fiction about Konrad Sejer. Several of herbooks have been filmed. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including a recentLA Times Book Award for her novel Elskede Poona.39