# Broken - Paperback

by **Karin Fossum** (Author)

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night. A strange man is in her bedroom. She lies there in silence, paralyzed with fear. The woman is an author and the man one of her characters, one in a long line that waits in her driveway for the time when she'll tell their stories. He is so desperate that he has resorted to breaking into her house and demanding that she begin. He, the author decides, is named Alvar Eide, forty-two years old, single, works in a gallery. He lives a quiet, orderly life and likes it that way--no demands, no unpleasantness. Until the icy winter morning when a young drug addict, skinny and fragile, walks into the gallery. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. And then one day she appears on his doorstep. _Broken_ is an unconventional, subtle, and disturbing mystery from a master of the form.

### Back Jacket

I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum. Ruth Rendell  
She is a master of the slow build, the controlled burn. _Chicago Tribune_  
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night. A strange man is in her bedroom. She lies there in silence, paralyzed with fear. The woman is an author and the man one of her characters, one in a long line that waits in her driveway for the time when she ll tell their story. He is so desperately eager for his story to be told that he has resorted to breaking into her house and demanding that she begin.  
He, the author decides, is named Alvar Eide, forty-two years old, single, works in a gallery. He lives a quiet, orderly life and likes it that way no demands, no unpleasantness. Until an icy winter afternoon when a young drug addict, skinny and fragile, walks into the gallery. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. She returns to the gallery a few weeks later, and then one day she appears on his doorstep.  
Haunting . . . The author s narrative skills are on dazzling display. _Washington Post_  
Karin Fossum is the author of the internationally successful Inspector Konrad Sejer crime series. She received the _Los Angeles Times_ Book Prize for her novel _The Indian Bride_. She lives in a small town in southeastern Norway.  
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**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN

**Publication Date:** August 09, 2011

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