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The book that inspired the brand new Swedish TV series Modus. Johanne Vik and Adam Stubo investigate a chilling murder case in Oslo.

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NOW THE MAJOR BBC FOUR SCANDI-CRIME DRAMA

The silent, snow-covered streets of Oslo are a perfect scene of Christmas tranquillity. But as the bells toll for the last Sunday of Advent, a boy´s body washes up near the shoreline of the city´s Aker Bridge. His corpse is unrecognisable. Nobody has bothered to report him missing.

One week later Eva Karin Lysgaard, the bishop of Bergen, is found stabbed to death on a deserted street. Eva is a popular public figure, a sixty-two year-old grandmother: why was she on a lone errand in the deserted city, on the night before Christmas?

Johanne Vik, criminal researcher and police profiler, is called in to untangle the motivation behind the bishop´s murder. But with her husband at the head of this increasingly high-profile investigation, Vik´s association with the case is under intense scrutiny. And why does Lysgaard´s shocking death lead her towards the sad death of an unknown boy?

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Anne Holt reveals how truly dark it gets in Scandinavia Val McDermid

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Holt, Anne
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.

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