''Don't Look Back'' (,

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

) is a novel by Norwegian writer

Karin Fossum Karin Fossum (born 6 November 1954) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime". Early life Karin Mathisen was born on 6 November 1954 in Sandefjord, in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives ...

, the second to feature Inspector Konrad Sejer. The novel is the first book of Fossum which was translated into English. It won the

Glass Key Award The Glass Key award (, , , , ) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries. The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every ...

in 1997. It was filmed in 2007 as ''La ragazza del lago'' (aka ''

The Girl by the Lake ''La ragazza del lago'', internationally released as ''The Girl by the Lake'', is a 2007 Italian thriller film directed by Andrea Molaioli, in his directorial debut. It is based on a novel written by Karin Fossum. Plot A young girl called Mart ...

'').

Plot

The body of a local teenage girl named Annie was found by an idyllic pond in the woods. The suspect list grows indefinitely. However, as Inspector Sejer and his partner Jacob Skarre question the girl's family, and others, they realize she has a shocking secret she shared with no one. He strives to understand Annie's true character, as the answer may lie in her own strange behavior leading up to her death.

References

1996 Norwegian novels Novels by Karin Fossum Novels set in Norway Norwegian crime novels {{1990s-crime-novel-stub