Punishment

A serial killer is on the loose, abducting and murdering children in a way that confounds the police, before returning the child's body to the mother with a desperately cruel note:

You Got What You Deserved.

It is a perplexing and terrible case, and Police Superintendent Adam Stubo is in charge of finding the killer. In in a desperate bit to get some answers he recruits legal researcher Johanne Vik, a woman with an extensive understanding of criminal history. So far the killer has abducted three children, but one child has not yet been returned to her mother. Is there a chance she is still alive? And can the pair solve the case in time?



Anne Holt is Norway's bestselling female crime writer. She spent two years working for the Oslo Police Department before founding her own law firm and serving as Norway's Minster for Justice between 1996 and 1997. She is published in 30 languages with over 7 million copies of her books sold.



Anne Holt is the Godmother of Norwegian crime fiction.



Lively, unusual and persuasive. Holt writes with the command we have come to expect from the top Scandinavian writers.



Anne Holt is a thriller writer of the highest order.



Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers.