A review by lolaleviathan
Black Seconds, by Karin Fossum

1.0

My objection to this book has nothing to do with the subject matter (I read a lot of really dark crime novels) and everything to do with the shoddy police work. What was actually a really obvious solution, as improbable and absurdly coincidental as it was, remained obscured until the end because the cops just didn't ask the right questions, the obvious questions to ask. It's several days into a child's disappearance before you bother to find out why her parents are divorced? You can't know that's irrelevant until you solve the mystery. I had high hopes for this book, given the "Norwegian Queen of Crime" hype, and I was pretty disappointed. It did make me want to be a cop though, just because I would be better at it than these clowns.