When the Devil Holds the Candle

Incredibly lean, pitch black riff on Misery and The Girl Next Door. Bleaaaaak crime novel which the detective wanders in and out of, providing only occasional reprieves from a real all time bummer of a series of events. Impeccably written, psychologically rich, read like a modern horror classic in the guise of a crime novel. Was able to be read in isolation of any of the other books in the series too, though I'm def gonna go back to the beginning and see what else Fossum has to offer.