Broken: A Mystery

By: Karin Fossum

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Synopsis: An inventively twisted psychological thriller from &“a master of the slow build, the controlled burn&” (Chicago Tribune). In the middle of the night, a man breaks into a woman&’s house, finds her bedroom, and wakes her up. She&’s the author who could save his soul by telling his story. He&’s one of many characters waiting their turn—except now he&’s cut the line. After all, she could die soon, leaving him lost forever. He refuses to leave until she gives him a name. And so his story begins . . . Alvar Eide, forty-two and single, works in an art gallery. He maintains a quiet life—until one icy winter morning when a drug-addicted young woman walks into his gallery to escape the cold. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. Soon after, she appears on his doorstep. The author is finally telling his story . . . but she never promised a happy ending. Broken is an unconventional, disturbing, and thought-provoking mystery from a master of the form, and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her crime novel The Indian Bride. &“Fossum crafts remarkably incisive psychological suspense: novels that carry the headlong momentum of thrillers and the acuity and weight of literary fiction.&” —The Washington Post Book World &“I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum.&” —Ruth Rendell &“Claustrophobic and intense.&” —The Independent (UK)