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Betrayal, secrets, revenge, and murder: they're in the blood in a provocative novel of psychological suspense by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of Everything Is Mine.As Norway's newly appointed minister of justice, child-rights advocate Clara Lofthus has a chance to accomplish something meaningful on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society. It couldn't be more personal. After her husband's death, she is the sole caretaker of her twin sons, Andreas and Nikolai. She's also still haunted by her own traumatic childhood - and the lengths to which she was willing to go to pursue her own brand of vigilante justice. How far? No one ever needs to know. And this is just one of Clara's secrets.Then one day, Clara comes home from work to make a terrifying discovery: her sons have been kidnapped.
About the Author
Ruth Lillegraven was born in 1978 in Hardanger, Norway, where she grew up on a small farm. She debuted as an author with a poetry collection in 2005. Since then she has written sixteen books, including children's books, several poetry collections, a novel, and two plays. Her work has been translated into Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. Among other prizes, she has won both the Brage Prize and the Nynorsk Literature Prize (for the poetry collections Urd and Sickle) . Her first crime novel is the prize-winning Everything Is Mine, which has become an international bestseller.
