Norwegian: Djevelen holder lyset (1998)
Translation: Felicity David
Inspector Sejer Mystery
360 pages

When two teenagers steal a purse from a stroller, it results in an infant’s death. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his switchblade. In the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out.
Inspector Konrad Sejer and his colleague Jacob Skarre see no connection between the infant’s death and the reported disappearance of a local delinquent. And so while the confusion outside mounts, the heart-stopping truth unfolds inside the old woman’s home.
Unflappable as ever, Sejer digs below the surface of small- town tranquility in an effort to understand how and why violence destroys everyday lives.
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From Publishers Weekly
Skillful characterization and revealing detail lift Fossum's third mystery to be published in the U.S. featuring thoughtful, intelligent Insp. Konrad Sejer (after 2005's He Who Fears the Wolf). Handsome Andreas Winther, a self-absorbed, dangerously restless 18-year-old, manages to draw both sympathy and disgust from the reader. He roams the streets of an unnamed provincial Norwegian town in the evenings, accompanied by his socially inept friend, Sivert "Zipp" Skorpe, and fueled by the enormity of a secret he keeps. One evening, after mugging a young mother, Andreas decides to break into an old woman's house to rob her. His intended victim, Irma Funder, has a complicated health situation and a more complicated psyche. In defending herself, Irma pushes Andreas down the cellar stairs, where he lands unnaturally twisted, unable to move but alive. What develops between the immobile boy and the reclusive woman is a bizarre, excruciating, curiously tender relationship that serves as a pathetic and poignant balance to the hunt for Andreas conducted by Sejer and his police colleague, Jacob Skarre. (July)
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The book will travel abroad with me.
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Edinburghin linna on korkealle kalliolle rakennettu linna Skotlannin pääkaupungin Edinburghin keskustassa. Nykyisen linnan vanhin rakennus on Pyhän Margaretin kappeli (St Margaret’s Chapel). Sen rakennutti 1100-luvulla David I äitinsä muistoksi. Paikalla on kuitenkin ollut asutusta jo huomattavasti aikaisemminkin.
Linnan korkeimmalla kohdalla olevalla aukiolla, Crown Squarella, sijaitsee ritarisali (The Great Hall), missä on näytteillä paljon erilaisia aseita sekä kuninkaallinen palatsi (Royal Palace), jonka huoneet tehtiin Jaakko VI:n kunniaksi vuonna 1617.
Linna toimi Skotlannin kuninkaanlinnana David I:n valtakaudelta aina 1600-luvun alkuun. Sittemmin se otettiin yksinomaan sotilaskäyttöön. Linnan historiallinen arvo ymmärrettiin 1800-luvulla, ja linnaa on pyritty ylläpitämään ja kunnostamaan siitä lähtien. Nykyään linna on Skotlannin suosituin maksullinen turistikohde. Sen ylläpidosta vastaa suurimmaksi osaksi Historic Scotland.

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100-year-old history, giving it a claim to having been "the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world".

Osallistun tällä Puskailveksen Aikamatka-haasteeseen.

I left the book by the path leading to the Castle.
Happy reading!

Tämä on 52. vapautukseni Pippiksen kesän 2016 Turismihaasteessa
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Es ist mein erstes "Fundbuch". Ich habe es auf einer Bank am 17. Juni im Edinburgh Castle gefunden. Bislang konnte ich es noch nicht lesen, werde aber hoffentlich bald dazu kommen.

This is the first "Free book" I've ever found. I've discovered it on a bench in Edinburgh Castle on June 17th. Until now I haven't had a Chance to read it yet, but hopefully I'll be able to do so soon.