Don't Always Hit the Mark #4

The general idea behind this regular feature on my blog is that even the best authors, or your favourite ones, don't always achieve the same rating with the reader. Today's featured writer almost proves my observation wrong. Her books nearly always hit the bulls-eye with me.

My general benchmarks are

5.0 Excellent
4.0 Very Good
3.0 Average
2.0 Poor
1.0 Did Not Like
0 Did Not Finish

My featured author today is Karin Fossum, often referred to as the Norwegian Queen of Crime.

There are 3 full length reviews on my blog

• BLACK SECONDS
• BLACK OUT
• BROKEN

There are some mini-reviews here.

My ratings in descending order

1. CALLING OUT FOR YOU! aka INDIAN BRIDE (2001) my rating 5
2. DON'T LOOK BACK (2002) my rating 5
3. BLACK SECONDS (2007) my rating 5
4. WHEN THE DEVIL HOLDS A CANDLE (1998) my rating 4.5
5. BROKEN (2006) my rating 4.3
   

You can see from those ratings how often she hits the target for me.
Part of the reason is the engaging Inspector Conrad Sejer who features in her series. The only stand alone in the list above is BROKEN. The other reason why I have enjoyed the Sejer books so much is that I can imagine the central event happening to me.

Not all of Karin Fossum's Sejer series has been translated into English, and just to annoy readers even more, they have actually been translated out of order.
I haven't yet read the most recent one translated: THE WATER'S EDGE.

Here is the order you should read them in

1. EVE's EYE - not sure this is available in English
2. DON'T LOOK BACK
3. HE WHO FEARS THE WOLF
4. WHEN THE DEVIL HOLDS THE CANDLE
5. CALLING OUT FOR YOU
6. BLACK SECONDS
7. THE MURDER OF HARRIET KRONE - not sure this is available in English
8. THE WATER'S EDGE
   

All references to Karin Fossum on my blog.