When a 16 month old boy apparently drowns in a pond, Chief Inspector Sejer feels something is not quite right with the story provided by the drama queen mother, but how to prove it? This is Scandinavian writer Karin Fossum’s eleventh book in a series involving Chief Inspector Sejer, but my first taste of it. It’s more of a police procedural than an out and out thriller, and the police procedure involves lots of Sejer pondering about life, discussing the physical ailments of his colleagues and taking his dog for a walk. The ending is almost entirely unbelievable and the translation seems occasionally clunky, but it’s an amiable enough read. Probably won’t bother with her previous ten novels, though.
