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1990s: The first in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series
Blind Goddess
Why a Booktrail?
1990s: The first in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series
What you need to know before your trail
A drug dealer is battered to death in the outskirts of Oslo. A young Dutch student, covered in blood, walks aimlessly through the streets of central Oslo. He is taken into custody, but refuses to speak.
Five days later a shady criminal lawyer called Hans Olsen is murdered. The two deaths don’t seem related, but Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is unconvinced. Soon, she uncovers a link between the bodies: Olsen defended the drug dealer.
But there are powerful forces working against Hanne; a conspiracy that reaches far beyond a crooked lawyer and a small-time dealer. The investigation will take her into the offices of the most powerful men in Norway – and even put her own life at risk…
Locations
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Oslo
Anne Holt’s Oslo is a very special kind of city. It’s is a mix of cold cases, tough streets and calculating killers.
The police and legal team work from the police HQ in Gronlandsleiret 44 “which has no historical resonance unlike the previous building in Mollergata where the HQ used to be. The police seems to be bothered that their block is unlike the smart government buildings of Victoria Terrasse nearby”
Cases always seems to involve a conspiracy or two operating high up in the Oslo legal system and since Ms Holt was Norway’s Justice Minister, there is a keen sense of accuracy and realistic dialogue and other plot background within every book.
The Blind Goddess was written in 1993 so there is a nice time period prior to the days of mobile phones and more advanced detecting techniques
Streetview Maps
A) Norway - Oslo - Grønlandsleiret 44
B) Norway - Oslo - Møllergata 19
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Blind Goddess
Destination: Oslo Author/Guide: Anne Holt Departure Time: 1990s
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