He'd just learnt to walk, she said. He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.

A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a pond right by his home. Chief Inspector Sejer is called to the scene as there is something troubling about the mothers story. As even her own family turns against her, Sejer is determined to get to the truth.

Karin Fossum has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than thirty countries.

The new Inspector Sejer novel