Blessed Are Those Who Thirst Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Two

The second in an "excellent series blowing out of Scandinavia" ( The Globe and Mail)featuring brilliant and enigmatic Detective Hanne Wilhelmsen on the hunt for a serial killer who targets immigrants. It is only the beginning of May but to Norwegians, the unseasonable heat already feels tropical when criminal investigating officer Hanne Wilhelmsen is sent to a macabre crime scene on the outskirts of Oslo: an abandoned shed that is covered in blood. On one wall is an eight-digit number written in blood. There is no sign of a victimis it just a kid's prank, or foul play? Is it even human blood? Hanne has a bad feeling about the numbers, but without further evidence, she can do nothing. As more bloody numbers are found throughout Oslo, Hanne's colleague HÅkon Sand discovers that the eight-digit number corresponds to the filing number of foreign immigrants waiting to be granted Norwegian citizenshipall female, all missing. When a dead body is finally unearthed, Hanne and HÅkon fear they have a serial killer on their hands. Meanwhile, an unsolved rape case appears to be connected to the murders and Hanne and HÅkon must race to find the killer, before he is hunted down by one of his own victims.

Anne Holt is Norway’s bestselling female crime writer. She was a journalist and news anchor and spent two years working for the Oslo Police Department before founding her own law firm and serving as Norway’s Minister for Justice in 1996 and 1997. Her first novel was published in 1993 and her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold more than 7 million copies. Her novel 1222 was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in Oslo with her family.