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Broken by Fossum, Karin; Barslund, Charlotte is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Broken about?

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night. A strange man is in her bedroom. She lies there in silence, paralyzed with fear. The woman is an author and the man one of her characters, one in a long line that waits in her driveway for the time when shell tell their stories. He is so desperate that he has resorted to breaking into her house and demanding that she begin. He, the author decides, is named Alvar Eide, forty-two years old, single, works in a gallery. He lives a quiet, orderly life and likes it that wayno demands, no unpleasantness. Until the icy winter morning when a young drug addict, skinny and fragile, walks into the gallery. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. And then one day she appears on his doorstep. Broken is an unconventional, subtle, and disturbing mystery from a master of the form. Review A superb writer of psychological suspense. New York Times From the Trade Paperback edition. From the Inside Flap A woman wakes up in the middle of the night. A strange man is in her bedroom. She lies there in silence, paralyzed with fear. The woman is an author and the man one of her characters, one in a long line that waits in her driveway for the time when

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Fossum, Karin; Barslund, Charlotte
Publisher
Mariner Books
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781407020099
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Engineering, Thriller, Stem
Rating
4.14 / 5 (93 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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