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Author:
Staalesen, Gunnar, 1947- author.
Title:
Big sister / Gunnar Staalesen ; translated by Don Bartlett ; [map by Augon Johnsen].
Publisher:
Orenda Books,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
259 pages : map ; 20 cm
Subject:
Veum, Varg--(Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Missing persons--Investigation--Fiction.
Bergen (Norway)--Fiction.
Other Authors:
Bartlett, Don, translator.
Johnsen, Augon, illustrator.
Other Titles:
Storesøster. English
Notes:
Originally published in Norwegian: [Oslo, Norway] : Gyldendal, 2016.
Summary:
Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half-sister, and she has a job for him. Her god-daughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously. Veum's investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered-up crimes and pent-up hatreds, and the trail leads to a gang of extreme bikers on the hunt for a group of people whose dark deeds are hidden by the anonymity of the Internet. And then things get personal...
ISBN:
1912374196
9781912374199
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1015851050
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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