Anne Holt 
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst 

In the second instalment of the Hanne Wilhelmsen series, the detective hunts down a serial rapist – but can she find him before a father devastated by an attack on his daughter takes the law into his own hands?

'Anne Holt is the Godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction' Jo Nesbo
The Oslo police are baffled. Crime scenes are being found covered with blood, but there is no victim. Only an odd series of numbers is left behind.
When a girl is brutally raped in her apartment. Detective Hanne Wilhelmsen is charged with solving the case. Hanne quickly notices strange similarities with the blood-stained crime scenes. But the victim's father has started an independent hunt for the rapist…and Hanne will have to race against time to prevent a victim becoming a vigilante.

About the author

ANNE HOLT is Norway's bestselling female crime writer. She spent two years working for the Oslo Police Department before founding her own law firm and serving as Norway's Minster for Justice between 1996 and 1997. She is published in 30 languages with over 6 million copies of her books sold.