When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the Norwegian town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the
battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None of the 'good people of Elvestad' can believe that anyone among them would be capable of such a brutal murder. But in
his quiet, formal way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that good people can commit atrocious deeds, and that no one is altogether innocent--including the caf歋 owner who knows too much, the
girl who wants to be a chief witness, and the bodybuilder with no outlet for his terrible strength. Another psychological mystery from one of Europe's most successful crime writers.--From
publisher description.Inspector Konrad Sejer heads up the investigation into a brutal murder after the battered body of a woman is found outside the town of Elvestad on the same day that the
townspeople are expecting to meet the new Indian bride of Gunder Jomann.
