What is Mine - Couverture rigide

Holt, Anne

 
9780446578028: What is Mine
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ISBN 10 : 0446578029 ISBN 13 : 9780446578028
Editeur : Grand Central Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

One afternoon after school, nine-year-old Emilie doesn't come home. After a frantic search, her father finds her backpack in a deserted alley. A week later, a five-year-old boy goes missing. And then another. Meanwhile, Johanna Vik, a former FBI profiler with a troubled past and a difficult young daughter, is buried in crimes of the past, trying to overturn a decades-old false murder conviction. Police Commissioner Stubo has personal reasons for wanting to solve the case of the missing children: not long ago he lost his wife and only daughter in a terrible accident, and now all he has left is his young grandson. When he tries to enlist Johanna to help him crack the case, she's resistant. However, when the bodies of the missing children start appearing in their family's homes with notes that say, "You got what you deserved," Johanna decides to help Stubo. While the rest of the Norwegian media is out hunting pedophiles, Stubo and Johanna manage to uncover a complex story of revenge. A singularly clever crime story combined with a serious discussion of children and our responsibilities towards them, What is Mine is the first installment in the the Stubo/Johanna crime series.

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Revue de presse

"Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction." (Jo Nesbo)

"The debut of Scandinavian best-selling author Holt is sure to catapult her into the mystery spotlight. . . Holt provides a gripping crime mystery in this first of a three-book series featuring Stubo and Vik. Highly recommended." (Library Journal Starred Review)

"A thoughtful, deeply disturbing exploration of a heinous crime." (Publishers Weekly)

"Her American debut (the first of a three-book series starring Stubo and Vik) is both an impassioned commentary on the responsibilities of parenthood and an engrossing mystery with an ingenious final twist." (Booklist Starred Review)

"The armchair detective always is in the market for new authors and fresh perspectives. Anne Holt, one of Norway's best-selling writers, fills the bill with WHAT IS MINE. Holt's language is spare, her plotting precise and her portrayal of human emotions remarkably astute." (USA Today)

"A savvy, sharply delineated suspense novel from Norwegian crime author Holt delves into the haunting motivation of a child-abductor. . .comes together elegantly . . .Based on a true Norwegian murder case, Holt's work is cerebral, complicated and immensely rewarding." (Kirkus Starred Review)

Présentation de l'éditeur

One afternoon after school, nine-year-old Emilie doesn't come home. After a frantic search, her father finds her backpack in a deserted alley. A week later, a five-year-old boy goes missing. And then another. Meanwhile, Johanna Vik, a former FBI profiler with a troubled past and a difficult young daughter, is buried in crimes of the past, trying to overturn a decades-old false murder conviction. Police Commissioner Stubo has personal reasons for wanting to solve the case of the missing children: not long ago he lost his wife and only daughter in a terrible accident, and now all he has left is his young grandson. When he tries to enlist Johanna to help him crack the case, she's resistant. However, when the bodies of the missing children start appearing in their family's homes with notes that say, "You got what you deserved," Johanna decides to help Stubo. While the rest of the Norwegian media is out hunting pedophiles, Stubo and Johanna manage to uncover a complex story of revenge. A singularly clever crime story combined with a serious discussion of children and our responsibilities towards them, What is Mine is the first installment in the the Stubo/Johanna crime series.

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Éditeur
Grand Central Publishing
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0446578029
ISBN 13 
9780446578028
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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