{"product_id":"the-caller-9780544002180","title":"The Caller","description":"\"Pranks can have lethal consequences, even when they seem harmless to start with . . . A poison bonbon that ranks with the best of Ruth Rendell.\"--Stephen King in \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne mild summer evening, a young couple are enjoying dinner while their daughter sleeps peacefully in her stroller under a tree. When her mother steps outside she is stunned: the child is covered in blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspector Sejer is called to the hospital to meet the family. Mercifully, the child is unharmed, but the parents are deeply shaken, and Sejer spends the evening trying to understand why anyone would carry out such a sinister prank. Then, just before midnight, somebody rings his doorbell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one is at the door, but the caller has left a small gray envelope on Sejer's mat. From his living room window, the inspector watches a figure disappear into the darkness. Inside the envelope Sejer finds a postcard bearing a short message: Hell begins now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No one can thoroughly chill the blood the way Karin Fossum can . . . will put you away, no questions asked.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKARIN FOSSUM's Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than 30 countries. She is the recipient of a Gumshoe Award and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509790282002,"sku":"9780544002180","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cda87911-b18a-4c04-8acc-c816e28d41fe.jpg?v=1730908069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-caller-9780544002180","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}