An inventively twisted psychological thriller from โa master of the slow build, the controlled burnโ (Chicago Tribune).
In the middle of the night, a man breaks into a womanโs house, finds her bedroom, and wakes her up. Sheโs the author who could save his soul by telling his story. Heโs one of many characters waiting their turnโexcept now heโs cut the line. After all, she could die soon, leaving him lost forever. He refuses to leave until she gives him a name. And so his story beginsย .ย .ย .
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Alvar Eide, forty-two and single, works in an art gallery. He maintains a quiet lifeโuntil one icy winter morning when a drug-addicted young woman walks into his gallery to escape the cold. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. Soon after, she appears on his doorstep. The author is finally telling his storyย .ย .ย . but she never promised a happy ending.
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Broken is an unconventional, disturbing, and thought-provoking mystery from a master of the form, and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her crime novel The Indian Bride.
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โFossum crafts remarkably incisive psychological suspense: novels that carry the headlong momentum of thrillers and the acuity and weight of literary fiction.โ โThe Washington Post Book World
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โI always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum.โ โRuth Rendell
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โClaustrophobic and intense.โ โThe Independent (UK)