A review by janpd24
Punishment by Anne Holt

3.0

A series of abductions of children soon end up as murders, sending parents and police in a tizzy. The detective Adam Stubo is stumped and seeks out the expertise of Johanne Vik. Vik, in the meantime, dragged into a decades old mystery that might well be a stupendous miscarriage of justice. We know that the two cases will most probably link up, but when it does happen, it is a bit of a surprise anyway.

This is the first of the Vik/Stubo series and I was a little sceptical since I found the first Hanne Wilhelmsen a bit of a drag. However, Punishment is suspenseful and a gripping read. I give it three stars because I wasn't convinced with the way the two threads linked up. However, I loved the quirky Johanne Vik and will definitely read more of this series.