SKJULTE FEJL OG MANGLER – HIDDEN FAULTS AND DEFECTS
by Elsebeth Egholm
It would be a good day, they thought, Dicte and her two friends. They were going to celebrate her 40th birthday, her divorce and her newly purchased house. But that did not happen … Journalist Dicte Svendsen has recently moved into an old house with her teenage daughter. On the same day as her birthday, she makes a macabre discovery: a blue plastic tub is bobbing in the river that flows through the idyllic little town. In it lies a newborn baby with peacefully closed eyes, wrapped in towels. Dead. The investigation of the heartbreaking death will affect both Dicte and her friends. In their seemingly normal lives, little by little, cracks and secrets are discovered and they are all forced to reconsider their life situation. Elsebeth Egholm is one of Denmark’s most read authors and she has been compared to greats such as Anne Holt and Liza Marklund. Hidden faults and shortcomings is the first part of her acclaimed series about the journalist Dicte Svendsen.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Politikens Forlag, Denmark 2002
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark, Politikens Forlag
REVIEWS
“Egholm sets herself apart from many others because she can write, create and scare.”
Berlingske
“Egholm is on a par with colleagues who regularly storm German bestseller lists – that’s where she belongs! “
NORDIS Magazin, Germany
“No one does it better. She easily takes a seat next to Jussi Adler-Olsen as Denmark’s queen of crime.”
Dagbladenes Bureau
Elsebeth Egholm writes absolutely magnificently.
Litteratursiden.dk
Elsebeth Egholm is a truly great writer.
Bogrummet.dk
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