by Anne Holt
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ANNE HOLT has worked as a journalist and news anchor spent two years working for the Oslo Police Department before founding her own law firm and serving as Norway’s minister of justice 1996 and 1997. She is the author of Blind Goddess and 1222. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages. She lives in Oslo with her family.
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Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
1222 Excerpt
About Anne Holt