Bienheureux ceux qui ont soif

Synopsis of Bienheureux ceux qui ont soif

«Bienheureux ceux qui ont soif» is the crime novel by Anne Holt, published by Odin éditions in paperback (240 pages, in French).

In a warm springtime Oslo, Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen investigates the "Saturday massacres," with blood but no bodies, and the rape of a young woman. The identikit is vague, and the victim's and her father's desire for revenge unsettles Hanne. A novel about everyday racism, sexual assaults, and the shortcomings of the Norwegian judicial system.

Second novel in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series. Originally published in Norwegian in 1994 as «Salige er de som tørster», winner of the 1994 Riverton Prize; this French edition is from 1999.

For fans of Nordic noir and crime fiction with a social backdrop.