He Who Fears the Wolf

<p>Inspector Sejer is hard at work again investigating the brutal murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is another loner a schizophrenic recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness is a twelve-year-old boy overweight obsessed with archery and a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a nearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance. <p/> Shrewdly patiently as is his way Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangeness of the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information he tries to collect. Fossum once again provides extraordinary insight into marginalized lives and richly evokes the atmosphere she captured so brilliantly in <i>Don't Look Back</i>.<br> </p>