Death of the demon : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel /
Holt, Anne, 1958-
Death of the demon : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel / Anne Holt ; translated from the Norwegian by Anne Bruce. - First Scribner trade paperback edition. - 262 pages ; 21 cm. - A Hanne Wilhelmsen novel . - Holt, Anne, 1958- Hanne Wilhelmsen novel. .
"In a foster home outside Oslo, a twelve-year-old boy is causing havoc. The institution's steely director, Agnes Vestavik, sees something chilling in Olav's eyes: sheer hatred. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk, stabbed in the back with an Ikea kitchen knife--with Olav nowhere to be found--the case goes to maverick investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to chief inspector in the Oslo Police. Could the child be a murderer? As police canvass the city for Olav, Hanne, working alongside the foulmouthed detective Billy T., orders an investigation of the home's employees. But despite her supreme deductive skills, she is hopeless at delegating, hopeless at pooling information, hopeless at sharing responsibilities. Can Hanne learn to trust others before her bullheaded instincts lead her astray--in the workplace and on the home front? Meanwhile, Olav makes his way through the city, looking for the mother who was forced to consign him to the state's care."--Page 4 of cover.
9781451634808 1451634803
2013498166
Boys--Fiction.
Orphanages--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Oslo (Norway)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Death of the demon : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel / Anne Holt ; translated from the Norwegian by Anne Bruce. - First Scribner trade paperback edition. - 262 pages ; 21 cm. - A Hanne Wilhelmsen novel . - Holt, Anne, 1958- Hanne Wilhelmsen novel. .
"In a foster home outside Oslo, a twelve-year-old boy is causing havoc. The institution's steely director, Agnes Vestavik, sees something chilling in Olav's eyes: sheer hatred. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk, stabbed in the back with an Ikea kitchen knife--with Olav nowhere to be found--the case goes to maverick investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to chief inspector in the Oslo Police. Could the child be a murderer? As police canvass the city for Olav, Hanne, working alongside the foulmouthed detective Billy T., orders an investigation of the home's employees. But despite her supreme deductive skills, she is hopeless at delegating, hopeless at pooling information, hopeless at sharing responsibilities. Can Hanne learn to trust others before her bullheaded instincts lead her astray--in the workplace and on the home front? Meanwhile, Olav makes his way through the city, looking for the mother who was forced to consign him to the state's care."--Page 4 of cover.
9781451634808 1451634803
2013498166
Boys--Fiction.
Orphanages--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Oslo (Norway)--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.