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På drygt 1200 meters höjd över havet ligger Finse högfjällshotell, ett klassiskt resmål för norrmän som längtar efter lugn och ro och storslagen natur, en isolerad plats dit man endast kan ta sig med järnväg. När tåget mellan Oslo och Bergen en iskall februaridag spårar ur i närheten av Finse råder full snöstorm. Det finns ingen annan utväg än att evakuera de över tvåhundra passagerarna till det hundraåriga hotellet och tränga ihop dem så gott det går. Bland passagerarna finns Hanne Wilhelmsen, tidigare kommissarie vid Oslopolisen, numera rullstolsbunden efter en skottskada i ryggen.

When former high-powered lawyer turned PI Selma Falck is shot and her oldest friend, a junior MP, is killed in a sniper attack, everyone - including the police - assume that Selma was the prime target. But when two other people with connections to the MP are also found murdered, it becomes clear that there is a wider conspiracy at play. As Selma sets out to avenge her friend's death and discover the truth behind the conspiracy, her own life is threatened once again. Only this time, the danger may be closer to home than she could possibly have realised.

Selma Falck vaknar naken i en brinnande stuga på kalfjället. Hon minns ingenting, hon vet inte var hon är eller hur hon kommit dit. Mörbultad och skadad lyckas hon ta sig ut och ser stugan brinna ner till grunden. Fjällvärlden är helt öde, inga hus och inte en människa i närheten. Temperaturen sjunker och en snöstorm är på väg in. Chanserna att överleva är små.

It has been 11 years since Hanne Wilhelmsen's life was forever changed by an assault that left her wheelchair bound. Now Hanne's self-imposed exile is nearing its end. When Oslo comes under attack from Islamic extremists in a series of explosions, the city is left reeling. A militant group claim responsibility, but the Norwegian police force doubt the group's very existence. The unfolding drama is brought to Hanne's door by her former partner, Billy T, who is convinced that his son, Linus, is involved in the recent events.

In 2001, three-year-old Dina is killed in a tragic car accident. Not long thereafter Dina's mother dies under mysterious circumstances, and Dina's father, Jonas, is convicted of her murder. In 2016, the cold case ends up on the desk of Detective Henrik Holme, who tries to convince his mentor Hanne Wilhelmsen that the father might have been wrongly convicted. Holme and Wilhelmsen discover that the case could be connected to the suicide of an eccentric blogger as well as the kidnapping of the grandson of a EuroJackpot millionaire.

Selma Falck's personal life and career as a lawyer have hit rock bottom. That is until Hege Chin Morell - Norway's best female skier - approaches her desperate to overturn a doping charge. With two months to the Winter Olympics, Selma faces the seemingly almost impossible task of clearing Morell's name. However, when a male skier is found dead after a training accident, it becomes clear to Selma that there is something more serious at risk. Encountering corruption, hidden enmity and shady connections, the pattern of recent crimes and ancient sins becomes undeniable.

Shortly before Christmas, Chief Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called to the scene of multiple murders. Four people are found shot dead at the home of the wealthy Stahlberg family. Three of the dead are members of the family, and the fourth victim is an undistinguished author, seemingly out of place. As Hanne and her longtime police partner, Billy T., investigate, they unearth many motives for the murders. But Hanne doesn't believe that the full story has been revealed.

Chief Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsrud's wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family living room. The cause of death is instantly apparent – she has been brutally decapitated. Halvorsrud immediately falls under suspicion. Then a journalist at one of Oslo's largest newspapers is found beheaded. What links these two horrifically violent crimes?

When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Olso police headquarters, it sends a shockwave through the city. Police investigator Billy T. takes on the case, but it seems nobody really knew the dead man. While Billy T. struggles to break the case, Hanne Wilhelmsen returns to Oslo after a six-month absence following the death of her partner. Hanne discovers that not only had Ziegler been stabbed, but he had also ingested a lethal dose of painkillers.

Trapped in a burning cabin on a freezing, snow-covered mountain, Selma Falck has no idea where she is or how she got there. She barely makes it out in time as the flames engulf the cabin. With no signs of human habitation nearby, the temperature rapidly dropping and a blizzard approaching, how will she survive? As Selma fights the cold, the hunger and her own wounds, she eventually forms a frightening picture of the past six months. Not only does she have to find a way to stay alive, she needs to make it back to civilization.

Less than six months after taking office, the Norwegian Prime Minister is found dead. She has been shot in the head. But was it a politically motivated assassination or personal revenge? The death shakes the country to its core. The hunt for her killer is complicated, intense and gruelling. Hanne Wilhelmsen must contain the scandal before a private tragedy becomes a public outrage, in what will become the most sensitive case of her career...

In an orphanage outside Oslo, twelve-year-old Olav is causing havoc. The institution's ageing director, Agnes Vestavik, sees sheer hatred in the boy's eyes. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife – with Olav nowhere to be found – the case goes to Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police. Hanne suspects that Olav witnessed the murder and fled, and she orders an investigation of the orphanage staff.

Hur kan någon försvinna från en hotellsvit i Oslo utan att dörrar eller fönster öppnats och utan att övervakningskamerorna registrerat något? Att denna någon är Helen Bentley, USA: s första kvinnliga president, gör saken än mer oförklarlig och skrämmande. Snart är jakten på kidnapparen i full gång och hela världen följer andlöst sökandet efter den försvunna presidenten. Så också Inger Johanne Vik, mammaledig psykolog och jurist med ett förflutet inom FBI.

Fredagen den 4 april 1997, ett knappt halvår efter regeringsskiftet i Norge: Det har varit turbulenta tider för Birgitte Volter alltsedan hon övertog statsministerposten. Men nu är hon död. Hon har skjutits i huvudet. På sitt kontor, uppe på sextonde våningen i regeringsbyggnaden. Och frågan är: Vem är det egentligen som har blivit skjuten: är det statsministern, eller är det Birgitte, privatpersonen?

En brutal och svårstoppad våldsspiral Politikern Linda Bruseth dödas på öppen gata utanför en fullsatt uteservering i Oslo. Hon är i det närmaste okänd för allmänheten. När skottet faller är hon tillsammans med sin vän Selma Falck som skadas i armen. Utgångspunkten för såväl polisen som press är därför att det var Selma som var målet för attentatet. Men snart visar det sig att alla har fel.

The country’s new female prime minister has been shot dead and the gun can’t be found in Anne Holt’s fourth mystery in the award-winning, internationally bestselling Hanne Wilhelmsen books that are “a natural for Jo Nesbø readers” (Booklist, starred review). Less than six months after...

Mord à la carte Hanne Wilhelmsen ist nach dem tragischen Tod ihrer Lebensgefährtin wieder nach Oslo zurückgekehrt. Ein neuer Fall stellt sie und Billy T. vor Rätsel: Wer hat den Osloer Starkoch Brede Ziegler mit einem japanischen Messer erstochen? Ging es um Eifersucht oder Habgier? Nach und...

Bei einem Spaziergang mit ihrem Hund stößt die junge und erfolgreiche Osloer Wirtschaftsanwältin Karen Borg auf die übel misshandelte Leiche eines Mannes. Wenig später wird in der Stadt ein desorientierter niederländischer Student in blutbesudelter Kleidung aufgegriffen. Die aufstrebende Kommissarin Hanne Wilhelmsen und ihr Kollege Håkon Sand gehen von einem Zusammenhang aus und sehen Verbindungen ins Drogenmilieu. Doch der junge Niederländer schweigt, verweigert sogar panisch einen Anwalt.

On a summer's day, Johanne Vik arrives at the home of her friends Jon and Ellen Mohr and is greeted by a scene of devastation: their young son, left unattended, has tragically fallen to his death. Meanwhile, Oslo is under attack. An explosion has torn the city apart, and newly qualified police officer Henrik Holme is the only one available to attend the Mohr household. As Holme investigates, he casts doubt on the claim that the death was a tragic accident and calls upon Johanne's profiling expertise to understand what really happened.

Selma Falck har förlorat allt. Sitt yrke, sin familj och sitt hem. Efter en karriär som elitidrottare och senare kändisadvokat bor hon nu i en sjabbig lägenhet med en katt som enda sällskap. Ingen vet var hon befinner sig. Då ringer det på dörren. Den förmögne och mäktige Jan Morell har ett uppdrag åt henne.