When a double murder takes place in a Norwegian village high school, a
teenager finds himself subject to trial by social media ... and in the
dock. Bestselling, highly emotive and award-winning Nordic Noir...
'One of the finest writers of the Nordic Noir genre' Ragnar Jónasson
'Satisfyingly tense and dark' Sunday Times
'Spine-chilling and utterly unputdownable' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
What turns a boy into a killer?
When the high school in the small Norwegian village of Fredheim becomes
a murder scene, the finger is soon pointed at seventeen-year-old Even.
As the investigation closes in, social media is ablaze with accusations,
rumours and even threats, and Even finds himself the subject of an
online trial as well as being in the dock ... for murder?
Even pores over his memories of the months leading up to the crime, and
it becomes clear that more than one villager was acting suspiciously ...
and secrets are simmering beneath the calm surface of this close-knit
community. As events from the past play tag with the present, he's
forced to question everything he thought he knew. Was the death of his
father in a car crash a decade earlier really accidental? Has a
relationship stirred up something that someone is prepared to kill to
protect?
It seems that there may be no one that Even can trust. But can we trust
him?
A taut, moving and chilling thriller, Inborn examines the very nature
of evil, and asks the questions: How well do we really know our
families? How well do we know ourselves?
You loved Quicksand and We Need to Talk about Kevin, now read
Inborn
'A pithy, twisty, challenging tale with a cracking concept ... The
ending caught in my throat, piercing, then shattering my crime-sleuthing
thoughts. Inborn is so very readable, it also provoked and sliced at
my feelings, made me stop, made me think, it really is very clever
indeed' LoveReading
'If you like your crime smart, dark and morally compelling then you'll
absolutely love this book' 17 Degrees Magazine
'Clever plotting and thought-provoking premise. Another feather in
Thomas Enger's cap' Crime by the Book
'Thomas Enger's novels are intelligent and emotionally aware and
Inborn is no exception ... an exciting and thought-provoking novel'
New Books Magazine
'One of the most unusual and intense talents in the field' Barry
Forshaw, Independent
'MUST HAVE' Sunday Express S Magazine
'Intriguing' Guardian
'Sophisticated and suspenseful' Literary Review
'Full of suspense and heart' Crime Monthly
'Inborn is a small-town murder mystery and courtroom drama with
multi-faceted characters and compelling twists that will keep you
guessing until the very end' Culture Fly
'A tightly plotted mix of thrillers and courtroom drama ... compelling,
twisty and full of emotion' Off-the-Shelf Books
