Anne Holt

AVISO A LOS LECTORES:Cuando leas un libro de la serie de la inspectora Hanne Wilhelmsen no vas a poder parar.«Uno de los mejores libros de Holt hasta la fecha. Un thriller psicológico con varias dime

AVISO A LOS LECTORES:Cuando leas un libro de la serie de la inspectora Hanne Wilhelmsen no vas a poder parar.Bienaventurados los sedientos es la segunda novela de la serie protagonizada por la detective Hanne Wilhelmsen.Durante la ola de calor que por sorpresa azota Oslo, los fines de semana se hacen infernalmente largos. Y los crimenes, especialmente violentos. En lugares distintos, en semanas distintas, ha aparecido una misma escenografia macabra: rastros de brutalidad y una cifra escrita con sangre en la pared.Hanne Wilhelmsen y su colega Hkon Sand son los encargados de las pesquisas policiales; quiza este todo relacionado con la desaparicion de varias mujeres extranjeras. Los cabos estan abiertos y sin embargo no hay apenas de donde tirar. Por si fuera poco, tambien tienen que lidiar con otro caso, el de Kristine, una estudiante que ha sido violada y cuyo impetuoso padre no esta dispuesto a dejar el caso a medio resolver.Hanne Wilhelmsen tendra que luchar contra el reloj para que no prevalezcan la indefension y la impunidad. ¿Sera posible en una sociedad que ignora a menudo a los refugiados y a las victimas de agresiones sexuales?Reseñas: Una novela trepidante y comprometida. Holt ofrece instantaneas de decadencia social y etica que a su vez contrapone con escenas donde reinan el consuelo y el amor mas humanos. Wall Street JournalAnne holt es la madrina de la novela negra noruega. Jo Nesb

AVISO A LOS LECTORES:Cuando leas un libro de la serie de la inspectora Hanne Wilhelmsen no vas a poder parar.La diosa ciega es la primera novela de la serie protagonizada por la detective Hanne Wilhelmsen.Cuando el cadaver de un traficante de poca monta aparece a las afueras de Oslo, nadie intuye que ha prendido la chispa que dara lugar a un incendio de dimensiones colosales. Ni siquiera lo sospechan Hkon Sand y Hanne Wilhelmsen, que al cabo de unos dias investigan tambien el asesinato de un abogado a quien se relaciona con asuntos turbios.Es Karen Borg, una letrada y antigua compañera de estudios de Hkon, la que hara que los detectives aten cabos. Ella encontro el cadaver y tambien se encarga de la defensa de un joven indocumentado al que acecha un peligro invisible. En esa misma direccion apunta el agente de narcoticos Billy T. a la pareja de policias. Es preciso destapar una red de distribucion de droga a gran escala en la que estan implicados actores de todo el escalafon social.La subinspectora Hanne Wilhelmsen, miembro de la jefatura de Policia de Oslo, debera doblar esfuerzos en su lucha por destapar los ojos de la justicia... esa diosa ciega.Reseñas: Los libros de Anne Holt siempre basculan entre la novela detectivesca y la novela politica y criminal; en La diosa ciega nos muestra claramente que ninguna sociedad es jamas perfecta.La RepubblicaAnne Holt es la madrina de la novela negra noruega. Jo Nesb

Tras ocho años de silencio, Anne Holt vuelve a su serie más famosa, protagonizada por la tenaz detective Hanne Wilhelmsen.«Anne Holt es la madrina de la novela negra noruega.»Jo NesbøLa novena novel

THE FIFTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES.The edgy detective investigates a brutal series of murders while dealing with tragedy closer to home.Chief Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsruds wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family living room. The cause of death is instantly apparent - she has been brutally decapitated. Halvorsrud immediately falls under suspicion. Then a journalist at one of Oslos largest newspapers is found beheaded. What links these two horrifically violent crimes?Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called in to lead the investigation with her old colleague Billy T. But the most demanding task that Hanne Wilhelmsen has ever faced in her career clashes with the worst crisis in her personal life. Cecilie, the woman she lived with for almost twenty years, is seriously ill. Wilhelmsen must ask herself: is the truth worth chasing at all costs?

In the second instalment of the 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?Anne Holt is the Godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction Jo NesboThe Oslo police are baffled. Crime scenes are being found covered with blood, but there is no victim. Only an odd series of numbers is left behind. When a girl is brutally raped in her apartment. Detective Hanne Wilhelmsen is charged with solving the case. Hanne quickly notices strange similarities with the blood-stained crime scenes. But the victims father has started an independent hunt for the rapist...and Hanne will have to race against time to prevent a victim becoming a vigilante.

The third instalment in the JOHANNE VIK series, from the reigning queen of Scandinavian crime writing, Anne Holt.When Helen Barclay becomes the first female US president, the whole world takes notice. And unfortunately for President Barclay, one man takes very particular notice. He knows her darkest secret, buried for over twenty years. And not only does he have the power to destroy everything shes worked for, but he also has the ultimate motive. Unfortunately for the FBI and the Norwegian police, nobody knows about this when Helen Barclay chooses to visit Norway for her first state visit. But when she goes missing from a locked, heavily secured bedroom, they are forced - unwillingly - to work together to find her. Has she been kidnapped? Murdered? Can the US president really just disappear into thin air...?

The silent, snow-covered streets of Oslo are a perfect scene of Christmas tranquillity. But over the tolling of bells for the last Sunday of Advent, a black note sounds. A boys body washes up near the shoreline of the citys Aker Bridge. His corpse is bloated by the water, almost unrecognisable. Nobody has even bothered to report him missing. One week later, the bishop of Bergen is found stabbed to death on a deserted street. Eva Karin Lysgaard is a popular public figure, a sixty-two year-old grandmother: why was she on a lone errand in the deserted city, on the night before Christmas? Johanne Vik, criminal researcher and police profiler, is called in to untangle the motivation behind the bishops murder. But with her husband at the head of this increasingly high-profile investigation, Viks association with the case is under intense scrutiny. And why does Lysgaards shocking death lead her towards the sad death of an unknown boy?

Anne Holts brilliant detective Hanne Wilhelmsen investigates her third case: the manager of a childrens home is dead and a twelve-year-old tearaway is on the run.Anne Holt is the Godmother of modern Norwegian crime fictionJo NesboIn an orphanage outside Oslo, a twelve-year-old boy is causing havoc. The institutions ageing director, Agnes Vestavik, sees something chilling in Olavs eyes: sheer hatred. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk late at night, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife - with Olav nowhere to be found - the case goes to Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police. Hanne suspects that Olav witnessed the murder and fled, and she orders an investigation of the orphanage staff. But this, however, is one case where her instincts are leading her astray.Meanwhile, Olav makes his way to his mothers apartment in central Oslo. When police finally catch up to him, Olav will lead them on a chase that will upend all of their assumptions. A dark and captivating thriller, Deathof the Demon examines the murky intersection between crime and justice.

THE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES.This investigation brings her into conflict with the highest powers in Norway: what secrets lie behind the death of the Prime Minister?Less than six months after taking office, the Norwegian Prime Minister is found dead. She has been shot in the head. But was it a politically motivated assassination or personal revenge?The death shakes the country to its core. The hunt for her killer is complicated, intense and gruelling. Hanne Wilhelmsen must contain the scandal before a private tragedy becomes a public outrage, in what will become the most sensitive case of her career...This is a story of lies, intrigue and politics. The Lions Mouth questions who holds the power in Norway, and how far they will go to use it.

THE SIXTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES. A high-profile murder brings Hanne back to the city she fled in the wake of heartbreak.When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Olso police headquarters it sends a shockwave through the citys in-crowd. Ziegler had lots of famous friends, is there a culprit among them - or was this a random act of violence?Police investigator Billy T. takes on the case, but is met with conflicting information about what kind of man Ziegler was. It seems nobody really knew the dead man - including his glamorous wife, the restaurant co-owner and the editor of his memoir. While Billy T. struggles to break the case, Hanne Wilhelmsen returns to Oslo after a six-month absence. Since the death of her partner Cecilie, Hanne has been in self-imposed exile. Hanne discovers that not only had Ziegler been stabbed, but he had also ingested a lethal dose of painkillers. As the plot thickens, Hanne and Billy T. are pulled deeper into the nefarious world in which Ziegler lived. Was he who he said he was? And can those who claim to have known him best be trusted?

La resolución de una serie de sangrantes asesinatos, cuyo único elemento común es la popularidad de las víctimas, es el reto de una de las parejas de investigadores más original, humana y creíble de

Noche cerrada en Bergen es la mejor entrega de la serie protagonizada por la pareja Vik/Stubø con Oslo y Bergen como escenarios. Más allá de la investigación criminal al uso, es una contundente críti

It has been eleven years since Hanne Wilhelmsen's life was forever changed by an assault that left her wheelchair bound. Now, Hanne's self-imposed exile is nearing its end. When Oslo comes under attack from Islamic extremists in a series of explosions, the city is left reeling. A militant group claim responsibility, but the Norwegian police force doubt on the authenticity of the declaration, and the group's very existence. The unfolding drama is brought to Hanne's door by her former partner Billy T., who is convinced that his son, Linus, is involved in the recent events. He begs Hanne for help. But Hanne soon learns that she cannot protect Linus, Billy T. or the people of Oslo. Those bent of destruction are one step ahead, and many lives will be lost before the truth is revealed...Don't miss this unforgettable sequel to Anne Holt's biggest bestseller 1222 - and penultimate novel in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series.

A gripping and powerful crime novel from an author who has sold over three million books in Europe.

"Un piccolo spacciatore ucciso per le strade di Oslo. Un ragazzo olandese fermato in stato confusionale e coperto di sangue: il sospetto ideale sul quale concentrare le indagini. La donna che l'ha trovato, Karen Borg, e un avvocato civilista, ma il ragazzo dichiara di voler parlare solo con lei e di volerla come difensore. Ma c'e un secondo omicidio, quello di un avvocato di dubbia moralita, e sembra non avere alcun legame con il primo. Sembra soltanto, pero. Spetta all'ispettrice Hanne Wilhelmsen andare a fondo su entrambi i delitti, fino a intuire collegamenti impensati. Puo essere davvero possibile che droga, avvocati, corruzione e perfino servizi segreti siano legati da un'unica rete? "

"Una dolente, umanissima coppia di detective: l'investigatore Stubo e la criminologa Vik. Lui, che ha appena perso moglie e figlia in uno stupido incidente, sa che l'unico modo per venire a capo del caso dei bambini rapiti e convincere Vik a partecipare alle indagini. Lei non ne ha proprio voglia, ma non puo restare indifferente di fronte al crescente orrore, e alla fine accetta. Tempo da perdere proprio non ce n'e, almeno finche c'e una speranza. Il primo di una serie di thriller investigativi caratterizzato da una sottigliezza psicologica degna delle ""grandi"" del giallo inglese, dal gusto per la precisione e il respiro romanzesco, che alterna i colpi di scena a una comprensione profonda e pietosa della natura umana. In una atmosfera rarefatta dove, senza accorgersene, dalla prima all'ultima scena si trattiene il respiro. "

"Johanne Vik, che sa ricavare da casi separati il profilo di un assassino, e Yngvar Stub, il detective impulsivo e geniale, si sono sposati e vivono con una bimba neonata e l'altra figlia di Vik. Ma Vik sente che la tranquillita e apparente. E ha sempre piu paura. Perche sa che nei delitti senza movente che stanno sconvolgendo la Norvegia c'e l'impronta di qualcosa che lei stessa ha fatto di tutto per dimenticare. E che il misterioso assassino seriale ha un obiettivo molto preciso in mente. Qualcosa che non deve assolutamente accadere. "