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Blind Goddess (1993)

by Anne Holt(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1451634765 (ISBN13: 9781451634761)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Scribner

series

Hanne Wilhelmsen

review 1: I've been wanting to read an Anne Holt for some time now and was delighted to be able to borrow an ecopy of the first of the Hanne Wilhelmsen series from my eLibrary. I loved the book, I thought I'd guessed 'who did it' very early on but I was only partially right, the intricacies of the plot kept me riveted almost to the last page, which was brilliant. The title intrigued me from the get go, I couldn't see the relevence of it whatever and although it didn't have a direct link to the plot, I couldn't help but smile when it was revealed on the penultimate page......it's possible I may have missed a reference to this at an earlier stage of the novel, but I don't think so. As a foreign translation it stood up very well, didn't notice any little oddities which sometimes find... more their way into the mix. I will definitely continue to read Anne Holt novels.
review 2: A young Dutchman is accused of killing a drug dealer in Oslo, Norway and insists on being represented by Karen Borg, the lawyer who found the body. However Borg is a civil, not criminal attorney, and defense lawyer Peter Strup tries to horn in on her client. The Dutchman refuses to change lawyers though and exhibits fear of attorneys and lockup. Soon afterwards another attorney, the disreputable Hansa Larsen, is shot to death. Police officers Håkon Sand and Hanne Wilhelmsen connect the murders of the drug dealer and shady lawyer; moreover, they find clues in the lawyer's house that lead them to suspect a huge drug-dealing conspiracy that involves lawyers and maybe even high government officials. The police follow complex clues to unearth the culprits but have a very difficult time trying to bring them to justice. There's a lot of blather about the Norwegian court/justice system which slows down the story and the climax is very drawn out as well. The book has some interesting characters/relationships that add to the story: married lawyer Karen and her friend Detective Håkon have a romantic attraction; Detective Hanne is gay and lives with her girlfriend. There's an intrepid reporter chasing after a scoop. And there are plenty of lawyers, good and bad. I thought it was just an okay mystery/thriller. less

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