<P><B>The American debut of a critically acclaimed Scandinavian crime series, featuring a quiet, cryptic hero named Konrad Sejer.</B></P> <p> </P> <p>Bestselling novelist Karin Fossum writes with a dexterous, bait-and-switch style, keeping her characters on their toes as much as her readers as she finds fissures in the chill serenity of the Norwegian mountain town at the center of Don't Look Back—her fifth Inspector Sejer novel and the first to be available to American readers. In a small village at the foot of Norway's Kollen Mountain, in the wake of a missing-child scare, the body of a teenage girl is found unexpectedly. Sejer and his young partner, Jacob Skarre, begin a dogged but subtle pursuit of her killer, uncovering layers of distrust and lies beneath the town's perfect facade as the plot twists masterfully (and moodily) forward. The air of mystery and sadness around Sejer—combined with his tough, intuitive smarts—make him a compulsively readable leading man and elevate this new series in translation beyond the standard genre fare.