Death of the Demon

Anne Holt author Anne Bruce translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Published:5th Sep '13

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Death of the Demon cover

Anne Holt's brilliant detective Hanne Wilhelmsen investigates her third case: the manager of a children's home is dead and a twelve-year-old tearaway is on the run.

The gripping third instalment of Anne Holt's bestselling Hanne Wilhelmsen series: the manager of a children's home is dead and a twelve-year-old tearaway is on the run.

'THE QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIAN CRIME THRILLERS' RED
'A THRILLER WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER' LIZA MARKLUND
Hanne Wilhelmsen must track down a missing twelve-year-old suspected of murder in this twisting thriller perfect for fans of Jussi Adler-Olsen, Ragnar Jonasson and Ann Cleeves

In an orphanage outside Oslo, a twelve-year-old boy is causing havoc. The institution's ageing director, Agnes Vestavik, sees something chilling in Olav's 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 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 mother's 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.
Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police.
Readers love DEATH OF THE DEMON
'A fascinating tale with some shockers thrown in' *****
'Can't wait to read the next one!' *****
'An ending that knocked my socks off' *****
'Keeps you guessing' *****
'AWESOME!!' *****

Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction. -- Jo Nesbo
Lively, unusual and persuasive. Holt writes with the command we have come to expect from the top Scandinavian writers. * The Times *
Anne Holt is a thriller writer of the highest order. -- Liza Marklund
Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers. * Red Magazine *

ISBN: 9780857892270

Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 20mm

Weight: unknown

288 pages

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