When the Devil Holds the Candle

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When the Devil Holds the Candle

1st English-language edition cover
Author Karin Fossum
Original title Djevelen holder lyset
Translator Felicity David
Country Norway
Language Norwegian
Series Inspector Konrad Sejer, #4
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Harvill Secker
Publication date 1998
Published in
English
July 2004
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
ISBN ISBN 1843430916
Preceded by He Who Fears the Wolf
Followed by Calling Out for You

When the Devil Holds the Candle (Norwegian: Djevelen holder lyset, 1998) is a novel by Norwegian writer Karin Fossum, fourth in the Inspector Konrad Sejer series. In 2007, upon its publication in the USA, the novel won the Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel.