The complete five-book collection of The Modus Series, collected together for the first time. From Norway's bestselling female crime writer, the Modus series features married investigative duo criminal profiler Johanne Vik and Detective Inspector Adam Stubo. The TV series 'Modus', based on the Vik/Stubo novels, was an international hit and was shown in the UK on BBC4. Now enjoy the full series in its original form.Book PunishmentBook The Final MurderBook Death in OsloBook ModusBook What Dark Clouds Hide
Anne Holt was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978. She graduated with a law degree from the University of Bergen in 1986, and went on to work for The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and then the Oslo Police Department, earning her right to practice as a lawyer in Norway. In 1990 she returned to NRK, where she worked one year as a journalist and anchor woman for the news program Dagsrevyen.
Holt started her own law practice in 1994, and served as Minister of Justice in Cabinet Jagland for a short period from November 25, 1996 to February 4, 1997.
In 1993 Holt made her debut as a novelist with the crime novel Blind gudinne, featuring the lesbian police officer Hanne Wilhelmsen. The two novels Løvens gap (1997) and Uten ekko (2000) are co-authored with former state secretary Berit Reiss-Andersen.
Holt is one of the most successful crime novelists in Norway. She has been published in 25 countries.