The Thirteenth Statue
By Ingrid Berglund
As an assignment on the last day of school before the summer holidays, a primary school class is asked to count the number of human-sized statues in the underwater park at…
Description
As an assignment on the last day of school before the summer holidays, a primary school class is asked to count the number of human-sized statues in the underwater park at Sandvika Children’s Art Centre. The answer key says there are a total of twelve, but the kids insist that they found thirteen. Their teacher, Aud Hilde, dives in herself to have a look, and discovers the thirteenth statue – a flesh-and-blood human being. Probate attorney Oda Krogh and her aging assistant Reidar Simonsen are trusted with that task of locating the dependents and distributing the assets of the deceased, a Mr. Muhammed Ikra. However, they soon discover that Ikra actually died seven years ago, before he applied for asylum in Norway.
Praise
Without doubt the best in the series - Berglund never disappoints. [...] With the third book in the series with her probate attorney in the lead role, she has shown that she is among the elite of Norwegian crime writers.
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