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Dicte Svendsen #7
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En kendt flygtningeadvokat findes død i sit hus i Højbjerg. Efterforsker John Wagner bliver kaldt ind og må melde afbud til Dicte Svendsens og hendes datters Roses fødselsdagsfest samme aften. Dictes søn, Peter, foretrækker at holde øje med festen på afstand og følger efter Rose og kusinen Anne Marie, da de senere går ud i Århus's natteliv. På vejen passes de op af en hvid bil med to hætteklædte mænd. Peter forsøger, men kan ikke forhindre kidnapningen.
Få dage efter finder et ungt par en afsavet hånd, som tydeligvis stammer fra en ung afrikansk kvinde, og senere finder man andre ligrester i en rævegrav. Ingen har meldt den pågældende savnet. Advokatens død kædes sammen med kidnapningen, og Anne Maries far bringes ind som mistænkt. Dicte forsøger at samarbejde med politiet, men ender med at kaste sig ud i sin egen efterforskning. Nogen begår indbrud i hendes hus, og det går op for Dicte, at hun har noget, kidnapperne leder efter. Hvis hun kan finde det, kan hun måske indgå en handel med dem og få pigerne tilbage.
Få dage efter finder et ungt par en afsavet hånd, som tydeligvis stammer fra en ung afrikansk kvinde, og senere finder man andre ligrester i en rævegrav. Ingen har meldt den pågældende savnet. Advokatens død kædes sammen med kidnapningen, og Anne Maries far bringes ind som mistænkt. Dicte forsøger at samarbejde med politiet, men ender med at kaste sig ud i sin egen efterforskning. Nogen begår indbrud i hendes hus, og det går op for Dicte, at hun har noget, kidnapperne leder efter. Hvis hun kan finde det, kan hun måske indgå en handel med dem og få pigerne tilbage.
- GenresCrime
415 pages, Paperback
First published May 30, 2013
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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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February 6, 2015
Hører bogen, og fortælleren har en udpræget Århus-dialekt. Det er næsten ikke til at holde ud. Men bortset fra det, er det en fantastisk spændende bog
February 5, 2019
Super godt plot, meget aktuelt - desværre.
August 9, 2025
spændende og som altid godt skrevet. god oplæser.
October 25, 2023
Hørte/læste denne bog. Vil klart anbefale at læse den, da oplæsningen er lidt speciel :-) men det er jo smag og behag.
Rigtig fin krimi. Nem at læse og forstå - plottet gled helt uden problemer.
Dog var jeg ikke forberedt på, at der er en voldtægtsscene beskrevet i bogen (spoiler ikke en del af plottet, bare rolig). Det havde været rart at være lidt mere forberedt på det, så derfor skriver jeg det her.
Rigtig fin krimi. Nem at læse og forstå - plottet gled helt uden problemer.
Dog var jeg ikke forberedt på, at der er en voldtægtsscene beskrevet i bogen (spoiler ikke en del af plottet, bare rolig). Det havde været rart at være lidt mere forberedt på det, så derfor skriver jeg det her.
October 14, 2013
Eget ansvar er uhygge helt ud til fingerspidserne, og det er umuligt at finde ud af hvem der gjorde det før aller sidste side. Skal lige vænde sig til at Dicte og Peters historier er blandet sammen, men ellers er bogen bare fantastisk.
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