Blessed Are Those Who Thirst: Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Twovolume 2 (Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel) - Softcover

Holt, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451634781 ISBN 13: 9781451634785

Publisher: Scribner Book Company, 2012

Synopsis

The second book in Edgar-nominated Anne Holt's international bestselling mystery series featuring detective Hanne Wilhelmsen, last seen in Blind Goddess.

IT is only the beginning of May but in Oslo a brutal heat wave has coincided with an alarming increase in violent crime. In the latest instance, police investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen is sent to a macabre crime scene on the outskirts of town. An abandoned shed is covered in blood. On one wall an eight-digit number is written in blood. There is no body--nor any sign of a victim. Is it a kid's prank or foul play? Is it even human blood?

As more bloody numbers are found in isolated locations throughout Oslo, Hanne's colleague Håkon Sand makes a startling discovery: the digits correspond to the filing numbers of foreign immigrants. All are female, all are missing. Is there a serial killer on the loose in Oslo? How does the killer have access to immigrant data?

Meanwhile, as the trail heats up, the victim of a horrific unsolved rape case and her father have each decided to take justice into their own hands. Hanne and Håkon soon discover that they aren't the only ones on the hunt for the killer.

About this title

Review:

"Holt proves a masterful plotter. Unexpected twists hold up to scrutiny, loose ends are tied up and the finale leaves readers wanting more."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"A good old-fashioned mystery."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Fast-paced and involving.... Holt knows psychology as well as she knows the ins and outs of police-work. She quickly draws the reader into the minds and lives of half a dozen disparate characters--none more interesting than Inspector Wilhelmsen herself... Holt's visions of societal and ethical decay are balanced by glimpses of great poignancy, human consolation and love."--Tom Nolan "Wall Street Journal "

"Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction."--Jo Nesbø

Book Description:

The gripping second instalment of Anne Holt's bestselling Hanne Wilhelmsen series: the detective hunts down a serial rapist - but can she find him before a father devastated by an attack on his daughter takes the law into his own hands?

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1451634781
• ISBN 13: 9781451634785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240