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Dicte Svendsen #3
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Aarhus is in de greep van rellen tussen politie en groepen jongeren met een migratieachtergrond, als een gruwelijke vondst wordt gedaan. Het slachtoffer is een jonge vrouw, op wie recent een keizersnede werd uitgevoerd. Waarom moest zij sterven? Waar is haar kind? Misdaadjournaliste Dicte Svendsen gaat op onderzoek. Ze trekt zich de zaak persoonlijk aan, misschien omdat haar vriendin Anne, een verloskundige die als baby geadopteerd werd, net nu op zoek is naar haar biologische ouders. Een sterk geconstrueerde politieroman over ouders, kinderen en mensenhandel. Na haar scheiding besluit misdaadjournaliste Dicte Svendsen om terug te keren naar haar geboortestad, Aarhus, samen met haar dochter Rose. Al snel komt ze in botsing met inspecteur John Wagner. Hij apprecieert het niet dat ze niet alleen schrijft over misdaad, maar de zaken ook probeert op te lossen. Een reeks misdaadromans waarin het professionele en het persoonlijke voortdurend overlappen... en elkaar verrijken.
331 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
About the author
Elsebeth Egholm
30 books81 followersBestselling Danish novelist Elsebeth Egholm began her career behind the keyboards of a piano. She was a student of music as a performer at The Royal Academy of Music and at the Department of Musicology at the University of Aarhus, before she changed instrument and enrolled at the Danish School of Journalism, also based in her hometown of Aarhus. She spent a few years working for a daily newspaper, but by 1992 she was living with future husband, the late British author Philip Nicholson, in the Maltese island of Gozo, working as a freelance writer.
Eventually she began making a name for herself as the author of a string of well crafted short stories published in women's magazines in both Denmark and the other Nordic countries. Her first novel had three long time friends mourning the death of a fourth and facing a mysterious stranger. ‘The Free Women's Club' was published in 1999 to unanimous acclaim. In ‘Scirocco' (2000) and ‘Opium' (2001) she moved into the darker corners of family and marriage, and combined a fullgrown plot with an engaging dose of international suspense.
Then, in 2002, she introduced full time journalist and part time sleuth Dicte Svendsen in ‘Hidden Errors', a novel about a dead baby found in a creek in the middle of big city Aarhus. By the second and third book in the series, ‘Own Risk' (2004) and ‘Personal Damage' (2005), both author and heroine were well known and highly treasured in her homeland. ‘Next of Kin' was published in 2006, dramatically outselling the previous novels, and Elsebeth Egholm found herself published, or about to be published, in Germany, Holland, Sweden and Norway. Afterwards, in 2008, the novel 'Life and Limb' reached the bookshelves followed by 'Against All Odds' i 2009. 'Three Dog Night' was published i 2011.
Currently Elsebeth Egholm divides her time between living in Aarhus, as does Dicte Svendsen, and on the Maltese island of Gozo.
Eventually she began making a name for herself as the author of a string of well crafted short stories published in women's magazines in both Denmark and the other Nordic countries. Her first novel had three long time friends mourning the death of a fourth and facing a mysterious stranger. ‘The Free Women's Club' was published in 1999 to unanimous acclaim. In ‘Scirocco' (2000) and ‘Opium' (2001) she moved into the darker corners of family and marriage, and combined a fullgrown plot with an engaging dose of international suspense.
Then, in 2002, she introduced full time journalist and part time sleuth Dicte Svendsen in ‘Hidden Errors', a novel about a dead baby found in a creek in the middle of big city Aarhus. By the second and third book in the series, ‘Own Risk' (2004) and ‘Personal Damage' (2005), both author and heroine were well known and highly treasured in her homeland. ‘Next of Kin' was published in 2006, dramatically outselling the previous novels, and Elsebeth Egholm found herself published, or about to be published, in Germany, Holland, Sweden and Norway. Afterwards, in 2008, the novel 'Life and Limb' reached the bookshelves followed by 'Against All Odds' i 2009. 'Three Dog Night' was published i 2011.
Currently Elsebeth Egholm divides her time between living in Aarhus, as does Dicte Svendsen, and on the Maltese island of Gozo.
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February 17, 2014
Det var lidt en spand koldt vand i hovedet at læse denne efter Åsa Larssons fremragende skrivestil. Som at læse noget af en person i folkeskolen. Jeg sad og tog mig til hovedet de første 20 sider, men så blev det bedre. Dels vænnede jeg mig mere til Elsebeth Egholms skrivestil, dels fik hun skrevet sig varm, så det flød bedre. Men min kop te var det bestemt ikke.
December 28, 2018
Meget velskrevet krimi med godt og ganske uhyggeligt plot. Desværre meget troværdig...
September 18, 2022
Som altid. Spændende fra start til slut.
June 22, 2025
Ikke lige så god som Selvrisiko, plottet var ikke lige så gennemtænkt og der var mærkeligt meget fokus på indvandrere
February 26, 2013
Personskade er så spændende at det næsten er for meget. Jeg fik gåsehud, så uhyggelig vat den skrevet. Men når det er sagt så er Personskade en ligeså velskrevet krimi som Selvrisiko.
Jeg skulle lige vende mig til at springet rundt i personer, men da jeg havde gjort det blev Personskade endnu bedre.
Elsebeth Egholm er sammen med Sara Blædel mine ynglings krimiforfattere.
Jeg skulle lige vende mig til at springet rundt i personer, men da jeg havde gjort det blev Personskade endnu bedre.
Elsebeth Egholm er sammen med Sara Blædel mine ynglings krimiforfattere.
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August 2, 2011Jeg er vild med Elsebeth Egholm. Det er spændende at hun lader handlingen udspille sig i Århus og omegn, hvilket er steder jeg kender.
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