Blessed are those who thirst / Anne Holt ; translated from the Norwegian by Anne Bruce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt, Anne, 1958-

Series:

Holt, Anne, 1958- Hanne Wilhelmsen novel ; 2.

Hanne Wilhelmsen novel ; 2

Standardized Title:

Salige er de som tørster. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Wilhelmsen, Hanne--Fiction.

Wilhelmsen, Hanne.

Detective and mystery stories.

Oslo (Norway)--Fiction.

Oslo (Norway).

Genre:

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

211 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First Scribner trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, 2012.

Language Note:

Translated from the Norwegian.

Summary:

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? 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.

Notes:

"Originally published in Norwegian as Salige er de som Tørster"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

9781451634785

1451634781

OCLC:

779265858

Publisher Number:

99954687505