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Kit er taget hjem til sine forældre for at holde jul. Men familiehyggen ødelægges brat, da faren modtager et brev og efter at have læst det falder bevidstløs om.
Kit, som altid har beundret sin far betingelsesløst, beslutter sig til at finde ud af, hvem der prøver at skade hendes far. Dette fører hende tilbage i tiden. Til Hong Kong hvor familien boede da Kit var barn. Hong Kong, som gang på gang dukker op i hendes mareridt, men som hun ikke husker noget fra.
Kit, som altid har beundret sin far betingelsesløst, beslutter sig til at finde ud af, hvem der prøver at skade hendes far. Dette fører hende tilbage i tiden. Til Hong Kong hvor familien boede da Kit var barn. Hong Kong, som gang på gang dukker op i hendes mareridt, men som hun ikke husker noget fra.
345 pages
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Elsebeth Egholm
28 books78 followersBestselling Danish novelist Elsebeth Egholm began her career behind the keyboards of a piano. She was a student of music as a performer at The Royal Academy of Music and at the Department of Musicology at the University of Aarhus, before she changed instrument and enrolled at the Danish School of Journalism, also based in her hometown of Aarhus. She spent a few years working for a daily newspaper, but by 1992 she was living with future husband, the late British author Philip Nicholson, in the Maltese island of Gozo, working as a freelance writer.
Eventually she began making a name for herself as the author of a string of well crafted short stories published in women's magazines in both Denmark and the other Nordic countries. Her first novel had three long time friends mourning the death of a fourth and facing a mysterious stranger. ‘The Free Women's Club' was published in 1999 to unanimous acclaim. In ‘Scirocco' (2000) and ‘Opium' (2001) she moved into the darker corners of family and marriage, and combined a fullgrown plot with an engaging dose of international suspense.
Then, in 2002, she introduced full time journalist and part time sleuth Dicte Svendsen in ‘Hidden Errors', a novel about a dead baby found in a creek in the middle of big city Aarhus. By the second and third book in the series, ‘Own Risk' (2004) and ‘Personal Damage' (2005), both author and heroine were well known and highly treasured in her homeland. ‘Next of Kin' was published in 2006, dramatically outselling the previous novels, and Elsebeth Egholm found herself published, or about to be published, in Germany, Holland, Sweden and Norway. Afterwards, in 2008, the novel 'Life and Limb' reached the bookshelves followed by 'Against All Odds' i 2009. 'Three Dog Night' was published i 2011.
Currently Elsebeth Egholm divides her time between living in Aarhus, as does Dicte Svendsen, and on the Maltese island of Gozo.
Eventually she began making a name for herself as the author of a string of well crafted short stories published in women's magazines in both Denmark and the other Nordic countries. Her first novel had three long time friends mourning the death of a fourth and facing a mysterious stranger. ‘The Free Women's Club' was published in 1999 to unanimous acclaim. In ‘Scirocco' (2000) and ‘Opium' (2001) she moved into the darker corners of family and marriage, and combined a fullgrown plot with an engaging dose of international suspense.
Then, in 2002, she introduced full time journalist and part time sleuth Dicte Svendsen in ‘Hidden Errors', a novel about a dead baby found in a creek in the middle of big city Aarhus. By the second and third book in the series, ‘Own Risk' (2004) and ‘Personal Damage' (2005), both author and heroine were well known and highly treasured in her homeland. ‘Next of Kin' was published in 2006, dramatically outselling the previous novels, and Elsebeth Egholm found herself published, or about to be published, in Germany, Holland, Sweden and Norway. Afterwards, in 2008, the novel 'Life and Limb' reached the bookshelves followed by 'Against All Odds' i 2009. 'Three Dog Night' was published i 2011.
Currently Elsebeth Egholm divides her time between living in Aarhus, as does Dicte Svendsen, and on the Maltese island of Gozo.
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December 21, 2016
Keine Ahnung, ob es an der Übersetzung aus dem Dänischen liegt. Wahrscheinlich ist es einfach nicht meins, denn bei solch bemühten und langweiligen Dialogen wie...
"Gut siehst du aus, Mutter. Da in dem Licht gleichst Du einem Engel."
Ihre Mutter lächelte. Wehmütig, dachte Kit.
"Einem Weihnachtsengel? Hoffentlich keinem von den fetten."
Kit schüttelte den Kopf. Suchte nach Worten. "Dem Engel des Lichts", sagte sie schließlich. "Du siehst aus wie der Engel des Lichts, von Glanz umgeben."
...halte ich es schon nach 21 Seiten nicht mehr aus. Farvel!
"Gut siehst du aus, Mutter. Da in dem Licht gleichst Du einem Engel."
Ihre Mutter lächelte. Wehmütig, dachte Kit.
"Einem Weihnachtsengel? Hoffentlich keinem von den fetten."
Kit schüttelte den Kopf. Suchte nach Worten. "Dem Engel des Lichts", sagte sie schließlich. "Du siehst aus wie der Engel des Lichts, von Glanz umgeben."
...halte ich es schon nach 21 Seiten nicht mehr aus. Farvel!
September 22, 2014
Bogen er sådan set okay, men jeg følte hele vejen igennem, at den var lidt langtrukken og plottet godt kunne gennemskues rimlig nemt. Ikke hele plottet, men de store linjer igennem det. Dermed ikke sagt at den ikke er værd at læse for der er en god pointe i bogen :D
August 3, 2011
Et udemærket plot - men alligevel ikke helt på højde med de senere Elsebeth Egholm bøger
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