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Sample of authors
Holt, Anne
Anne Holt is a Norwegian crime writer born in Larvik. She read law at the University of Bergen, graduating in 1986. She then worked as a news anchor for the Norwegian broadcasting corporation news programme Dagsrevyen and as a news reporter. She has also worked for the Oslo Police Department (1988–1990). In 1991, she opened her own law firm. When Thorbjørn Jagland, the then prime minister, pr...
Literary figures
Jonathan Wide
Gender: Male
Jonathan Wide has his roots in Småland, southern Sweden, and has been a detective with the Gothenburg police. He leaves his job, however, and becomes a private detective. In the background, there is a difficult divorce which has meant that he misses his children and drinks too much. Wide still has contact with his former colleagues, especially Sten Ard, with whom he cooperates in a couple of ...