Inborn

Fredheim is a tight-knit village in Norway, and its high school is the site of a double killing. Seventeen-year-old Even quickly becomes the prime suspect. While police tighten their net, online users have already convicted him, spreading accusations, gossip and threats across social media, so that he faces a verdict in the court of public opinion as well as a courtroom.

Even searches his own memories of the months before the deaths, and it becomes clear that several residents were behaving oddly. Beneath the village's calm surface, old secrets are stirring. He must also reconsider his father's car crash, which happened ten years earlier, and ask whether it was really an accident. A new relationship may have uncovered something someone will kill to keep hidden. With few people left to trust, Even has to wonder whether he can trust his own account.

This standalone thriller blends a small-town murder investigation with courtroom drama and explores the nature of evil, along with how well anyone truly knows their family or themselves.