Anne Holt
Birth date: November 16, 1958
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The good things about "Blind Goddess": The story is told using some cleverly intersecting timelines in a way that makes the story less linear, increases tension and sustains some useful ambiguity The action scene - there's only one - not much else really happens, despite there being multiple killin...
Overall, I would say 1222 is a good choice for fans of Scandinavian mysteries looking for some light before-bed reading. Anne Holt's plot is sufficiently engaging, with enough enticing cliff hangers at the chapter ends to keep you up for a few extra minutes. Hanne is a wheelchair-bound ex-police o...
I love these Scandinavian novels, but I always have the hardest times with the names. They always slow me down. And this was no exception, no fault of the author, just the fault of me the reader not being used to different cultures.My only complaint about this book was that the crime was wrapped up ...
#TheLion'sMouth Available 2/9/16 4 Stars @ScribnerBooks Anne Holt This book definitely reminded me of Jo Nesbo or Stieg Larsson. Do they teach Nordic authors how to write differently than Americans? Every Nordic author that I've read have written the same way. It's uncanny.This one started out a...
I enjoyed this, for the most part. I loved the protagonist and her salty, anti-social tendencies. The mystery itself ... eh. I never really felt much tension or suspense, despite the claustrophobic setting, so the urgency of discovery was never there for me. The parlor-room confrontation and revea...