Tough Oslo cop Hanne Wilhelmsen hunts a serial killer targeting immigrants in Anne Holt's Blessed Are Those Who Thirst.
Holt writes very hard-nosed mysteries with rich characterizations, making a satisfying read overall.
Holt arrived on the English-language scene with 1222, a very tightly-wound locked-room style thriller, and now her older novels are rightfully being translated and filled in, like other successful Scandinavian writers before her finding hungry readers in the States.
I bought this in a used bookstore in Chicago but read it very quickly on a recent trip to Italy. I need to look for more of Holt's novels featuring Wilhelmsen. Recommended for Scandinavian mystery fans.
Holt writes very hard-nosed mysteries with rich characterizations, making a satisfying read overall.
Holt arrived on the English-language scene with 1222, a very tightly-wound locked-room style thriller, and now her older novels are rightfully being translated and filled in, like other successful Scandinavian writers before her finding hungry readers in the States.
I bought this in a used bookstore in Chicago but read it very quickly on a recent trip to Italy. I need to look for more of Holt's novels featuring Wilhelmsen. Recommended for Scandinavian mystery fans.
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