Reading order · 13 books · 1995 to 2016 · Set in Southern Norway
Konrad Sejer Books in Order
Inspector Konrad Sejer is a widowed, patient, gently spoken police inspector in a small Norwegian town, who walks his old dog Kollberg and tries to understand why ordinary people kill. With his younger colleague Jacob Skarre, he solves crimes through quiet conversation. Psychological crime more than whodunnit.
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Series facts
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1995 to 2016
- First book
- In the Darkness
- Latest
- The Whisperer (2016)
- Setting
- Set in Southern Norway
The reading order
Every Konrad Sejer book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
13 books · Set in Southern Norway
- 1In the Darkness1995With Konrad SejerEva Magnus, a struggling artist and single mother, finds a body floating in the river while walking with her daughter.Buy on Amazon
- 2Don't Look Back1996With Konrad SejerIn a quiet village beneath a mountain, the body of a teenage girl, Annie Holland, is found beside a lake, with no sign of a struggle.Buy on Amazon
- 3He Who Fears the Wolf1997With Konrad SejerAn old woman is found murdered at her remote farmhouse, and the obvious suspect is Errki, a disturbed young man who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital.Buy on Amazon
- 4When the Devil Holds the Candle1998With Konrad SejerTwo young men snatch an elderly woman’s handbag and cause a death.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Indian Bride2000With Konrad SejerGunder Jomann, a shy, lonely man from a small Norwegian village, travels to India and comes home planning to marry.Buy on Amazon
- 6Black Seconds2002With Konrad SejerNine-year-old Ida Joner cycles into town to buy sweets and does not come home, and her mother waits as the search widens.Buy on Amazon
- 7The Murder of Harriet Krohn2004With Konrad SejerCharlo Torp, a gambler deep in debt, robs an elderly woman, and the robbery ends in her death.Buy on Amazon
- 8The Water's Edge2007With Konrad SejerA couple out walking in the woods see a man hurrying away from the trees, and then find the body of a young boy.Buy on Amazon
- 9Bad Intentions2008With Konrad SejerThree friends spend a weekend at a cabin by a lake, and one of them, recently out of a psychiatric clinic, disappears in the night.Buy on Amazon
- 10The Caller2009With Konrad SejerA young couple find their baby daughter covered in blood in her pram, though she is unhurt.Buy on Amazon
- 11The Drowned Boy2013With Konrad SejerA toddler with Down syndrome drowns in a pond while his young parents are at home, and Inspector Sejer cannot shake the feeling that something is not right.Buy on Amazon
- 12Hell Fire2014With Konrad SejerA young mother and her small son are found stabbed to death in a caravan, and Inspector Sejer investigates how their lives crossed with their killer’s.Buy on Amazon
- 13The Whisperer2016With Konrad SejerRagna Riegel, a quiet, solitary woman who works at a supermarket, begins to receive threatening notes.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
The cases stand alone and can be read in any order. In English, the first two books were published out of order, so the numbering differs between editions.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Konrad Sejer | Kollberg | Jacob Skarre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 In the Darkness | LLead | ·Minor | |
| 2 Don't Look Back | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 3 He Who Fears the Wolf | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 4 When the Devil Holds the Candle | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 5 The Indian Bride | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 6 Black Seconds | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 7 The Murder of Harriet Krohn | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 8 The Water's Edge | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 9 Bad Intentions | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 10 The Caller | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 11 The Drowned Boy | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 12 Hell Fire | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 13 The Whisperer | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor |
Characters in the Konrad Sejer books
3 characters from Karin Fossum’s chart, with the number of Konrad Sejer books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad SejerWidowed Norwegian police inspector | 13 | In the Darkness 1995 |
| KollbergSejer's elderly dog | 13 | In the Darkness 1995 |
| Jacob SkarreSejer's younger colleague | 12 | Don't Look Back 1996 |