First published in the English
language in Great Britain in 2011
by Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd.
Originally published in
Norwegian in 2009
by Piratforlaget AS, Postbooks 2318 Solli, 0201 Oslo.
Published by agreement with Salomonsson Agency.
Copyright © 2007 by
Anne Holt.
Translation copyright © 2011 by Marlaine Delargy.
This translation has been published with the financial support of NORLA.
The moral right of Anne Holt to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Hardback ISBN:
978-1-84887-610-1
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-84887-611-8
eBook ISBN: 978-0-85789-438-0
Printed in Great Britain.
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