num_pages: 288
description: When two teenagers steal a purse from a stroller, it results in an infant’s death. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his switchblade. In the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out. Inspector Konrad Sejer and his colleague Jacob Skarre see no connection between the infant’s death and the reported disappearance of a local delinquent. And so while the confusion outside mounts, the heart-stopping truth unfolds inside the old woman’s home. Unflappable as ever, Sejer digs below the surface of small- town tranquility in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives.
language: English
title: When the Devil Holds the Candle
titlecomplete: When the Devil Holds the Candle (Konrad Sejer, #4)
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Scandinavian Literature, Nordic Noir, Mystery
ratings_count: 5943
places: Norway
series: Konrad Sejer
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best European Crime Novel
publisher: Mariner Books