They have just become parents, but the outside world won’t spare Superintendent Yngvar Stubø and profiler Inger Johanne Vik. A series of shocking murders all have symbolic dismembering or desecration of the corpses in common, reminding Inger Johanne of a lecture on Proportional Retribution at the FBI Academy. Are the Norwegian Police facing a biblical avenger or a simple copycat?
The internationally bestselling What Never Happens, the second installment in the Inger Johanne Vik series, has sold more than 500 000 copies.
A follow-up to writer Holt’s Punishment, [What Never Happens] shows she really knows her stuff.
Set in Oslo, this excellent thriller begins with the discovery of the body of a popular talk show host with her tongue removed and split in two before matters heat up with the crucifixion of a right-wing leader. Holt keeps the plot and dialogue tight.
Anne Holt
Anne Holt (b. 1958) is one of Scandinavia’s most successful crime writers with 7 million copies sold around the world. Holt is a former Minister of Justice, Police Attorney, lawyer running her own firm, journalist, and TV news editor and anchor. Her novels are intelligent, accessible and suspenseful, with engaging and intriguing protagonists. Tight-knit crime plots are paired with a focus on relational drama. Anne Holt is the author of two extremely successful crime series: the Inger Johanne Vik series (five installments) and the Hanne Wilhelmsen series (nine installments to date).
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Poland, Prószynski
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Film rights
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Other titles
In Dust and Ashes
Offline
1222
Beyond The Truth
No Echo
Dead Joker
The Lion’s Mouth
Death of the Demon
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
Blind Goddess
Sudden Death
Arrhythmia
What Dark Clouds Hide
Fear Not
Madam President
What Is Mine
May-Britt, March-Britt and the Peachy Pug
May-Britt & March-Britt
Foreign rights
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Awards
The Great Calibre Award of Honor, Poland, 2012
The Cappelen Prize, Norway, 2001
The Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, Norway, 1995
The Riverton Prize (Best Norwegian Crime Novel of the Year), Norway, 1994
