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Crime Fiction · 2013 · PG-13

I can see in the dark

by Karin Fossum

A nurse with a guilty conscience finds himself accused of murder in Fossum's most unsettling thriller

For14+GenreCrime FictionLength216 pagesRead time~5.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Murder and violence against vulnerable people

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

No significant sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Minor references

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Deeply unsettling psychological portrait of moral decline

What this book is about

Nikolai Schreiber, a nurse who has been secretly stealing from vulnerable patients, becomes the prime suspect when a woman he knows is murdered. Told from the perspective of a deeply compromised narrator, this standalone Fossum thriller examines how small moral failures lead toward catastrophic outcomes.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Violence and murder

Psychological portrait of moral corruption

Crimes against vulnerable patients

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