A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel: 1222 : Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Eight (Series #8) (Paperback)

from Beamis12

As I was reading this book about a train derailment, with all the passengers having to stay snowed in at a hotel, I was reminded of The Overlook Hotel in The Shining. Only instead of ghosts and spirits, there is a murderer and a mysterious car that had been added to the back of the train and no o...

from lostinalibrary

At 1222 metres above sea level, a train is derailed and the passengers are forced to move to a nearby hotel. Outside the worst storm in Norwegian history rages while, inside, a murderer is at work. 1222, by Norwegian author Anne Holt, is a locked room mystery reminiscent of 'Then There Were None'...

from RidgewayGirl

This is Anne Holt's homage to Agatha Christie's style of murder mysteries, taken to modern Norway. Hanne Wilhelmsen is an ex-cop, a paraplegic traveling by train through the Norwegian mountains to Bergen to see a specialist. The train derails near an isolated holiday resort and the passengers are...

from cathyskye

First Line: As it was only the train driver who died, you couldn't call it a disaster. But Hanne Wilhelmsen would disagree with that assessment. The train she is traveling on derails in the mountains 1222 meters above sea level during a massive blizzard. Fortunately there is a nearby hotel. It's ...

from cameling

A severe Norwegian blizzard causes a train to derail crossing a mountain, killing the train driver. The passengers are forced to abandon the train and make their way to a hotel that's almost empty except for a few German guests and the staff. While they wait out the storm in the well stocked and ...