Book one in series of 8 (only three are translated into
English) refers to the Goddess of Justice and introduces detective Hanne Wilhelmsen and her
colleague in the drugs squad, Billy T.
In this fast moving crime mystery of corrupt drug-dealing
lawyers, deception and murder, Hanne must figure out a coded message. I love this descriptive passage: (Hanne) had
dug a deep moat between her professional life and her private lie…she loved
another woman, a defect in this otherwise perfect human being. Perfection was her shield, she…was only
interested in doing a good job.
Translated by Tom Geddes, originally published in Norwegian in 1993.
Scribner 2012, 343 p.
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