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When a double murder takes place in a Norwegian village high school, a teenager finds himself subject to trial by social media ... and in the dock. Bestselling, highly emotive and award-winning Nordic Noir...
'One of the finest writers of the Nordic Noir genre' Ragnar Jnasson
'Satisfyingly tense and dark' Sunday Times
'Spine-chilling and utterly unputdownable' Yrsa SigurardttirBRBRBRBRWhat turns a boy into a killer?/BBRBRWhen the high school in the small Norwegian village of Fredheim becomes a murder scene, the finger is soon pointed at seventeen-year-old Even. As the investigation closes in, social media is ablaze with accusations, rumours and even threats, and Even finds himself the subject of an online trial as well as being in the dock ... for murder?BRBREven pores over his memories of the months leading up to the crime, and it becomes clear that more than one villager was acting suspiciously ... and secrets are simmering beneath the calm surface of this close-knit community. As events from the past play tag with the present, he's forced to question everything he thought he knew. Was the death of his father in a car crash a decade earlier really accidental? Has a relationship stirred up something that someone is prepared to kill to protect?BRBRIt seems that there may be no one that Even can trust. But can we trust him?BRBRA taut, moving and chilling thriller, IInborn
You loved Quicksand and We Need to Talk about Kevin, now read Inborn
'A pithy, twisty, challenging tale with a cracking concept ... The ending caught in my throat, piercing, then shattering my crime-sleuthing thoughts. Inborn is so very readable, it also provoked and sliced at my feelings, made me stop, made me think, it really is very clever indeed' LoveReading
'If you like your crime smart, dark and morally compelling then you'll absolutely love this book' 17 Degrees Magazine
'Clever plotting and thought-provoking premise. Another feather in Thomas Enger's cap' Crime by the Book
'Thomas Enger's novels are intelligent and emotionally aware and Inborn is no exception ... an exciting and thought-provoking novel' New Books Magazine
'One of the most unusual and intense talents in the field' Barry Forshaw, Independent
'MUST HAVE' Sunday Express S Magazine
'Intriguing' Guardian
'Sophisticated and suspenseful' Literary Review
'Full of suspense and heart' Crime Monthly
'Inborn is a small-town murder mystery and courtroom drama with multi-faceted characters and compelling twists that will keep you guessing until the very end' Culture Fly
'A tightly plotted mix of thrillers and courtroom drama ... compelling, twisty and full of emotion' Off-the-Shelf Books
'One of the finest writers of the Nordic Noir genre' Ragnar Jnasson
'Satisfyingly tense and dark' Sunday Times
'Spine-chilling and utterly unputdownable' Yrsa SigurardttirBRBRBRBRWhat turns a boy into a killer?/BBRBRWhen the high school in the small Norwegian village of Fredheim becomes a murder scene, the finger is soon pointed at seventeen-year-old Even. As the investigation closes in, social media is ablaze with accusations, rumours and even threats, and Even finds himself the subject of an online trial as well as being in the dock ... for murder?BRBREven pores over his memories of the months leading up to the crime, and it becomes clear that more than one villager was acting suspiciously ... and secrets are simmering beneath the calm surface of this close-knit community. As events from the past play tag with the present, he's forced to question everything he thought he knew. Was the death of his father in a car crash a decade earlier really accidental? Has a relationship stirred up something that someone is prepared to kill to protect?BRBRIt seems that there may be no one that Even can trust. But can we trust him?BRBRA taut, moving and chilling thriller, IInborn
You loved Quicksand and We Need to Talk about Kevin, now read Inborn
'A pithy, twisty, challenging tale with a cracking concept ... The ending caught in my throat, piercing, then shattering my crime-sleuthing thoughts. Inborn is so very readable, it also provoked and sliced at my feelings, made me stop, made me think, it really is very clever indeed' LoveReading
'If you like your crime smart, dark and morally compelling then you'll absolutely love this book' 17 Degrees Magazine
'Clever plotting and thought-provoking premise. Another feather in Thomas Enger's cap' Crime by the Book
'Thomas Enger's novels are intelligent and emotionally aware and Inborn is no exception ... an exciting and thought-provoking novel' New Books Magazine
'One of the most unusual and intense talents in the field' Barry Forshaw, Independent
'MUST HAVE' Sunday Express S Magazine
'Intriguing' Guardian
'Sophisticated and suspenseful' Literary Review
'Full of suspense and heart' Crime Monthly
'Inborn is a small-town murder mystery and courtroom drama with multi-faceted characters and compelling twists that will keep you guessing until the very end' Culture Fly
'A tightly plotted mix of thrillers and courtroom drama ... compelling, twisty and full of emotion' Off-the-Shelf Books
About the author
Thomas Enger is a former journalist. He made his debut with the crime novel Burned in 2010, which marked the first in the Henning Juul series. Most recently, he co-wrote a thriller with JØrn Lier Horst.
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