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A train on its way to the northern reaches of Norway careens off the track during a massive blizzard, 1,222 meters above sea level. The passengers abandon the train for a nearby, century-old hotel that is practically empty except for the staff. With plenty of food and shelter from the storm, the passengers think they are safe - until one of them turns up dead. With no sign of rescue and the storm continuing to rage, retired police inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is asked to investigate. Paralyzed by a bullet lodged in her spine, Hanne has no wish to return to police work.

A small-time drug dealer is found battered to death on the outskirts of the Norwegian capital, Oslo. A young Dutchman, walking aimlessly in central Oslo covered in blood, is taken into custody but refuses to talk. When he is informed that the woman who discovered the body, Karen Borg, is a lawyer, he demands her as his defender, although her specialty is civil, not criminal, law. The young man is adamant: he will speak to Karen Borg, and to her alone.

When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Oslo police headquarters, it sends a shock wave through the city's hip in-crowd. Chef Ziegler had lots of famous associates. Could the culprit be among them, or was this a random act of violence? Police investigator Billy T. takes on the case, but he is stymied by conflicting information about what kind of man Ziegler was. It seems nobody really knew him.

The final nail-biting installment in the 10-part, award-winning Hanne Wilhelmsen series from Scandinavia's most celebrated female crime writer, Anne Holt. 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. Now it's 2016, and the cold case ends up on the desk of Detective Henrik Holme, who tries to convince his mentor Hanne Wilhelmsen that Jonas might have been wrongly convicted.

On an early April afternoon, a bomb goes off in the Oslo offices of the National Council for Islam in Norway, killing 23 people. The police and security service suspect an extremist organization to be responsible for the attack, a suspicion that grows stronger when threats reach authorities of a bigger explosion planned for the celebration of the Norwegian constitution.

Chief Public Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsrud's wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family living room. The cause of death: decapitation. Her husband, who witnessed the grisly murder and is himself covered in blood, immediately falls under suspicion, though he claims his wife's killer was Ståle Salvesen, a man he'd prosecuted years before. Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called in to lead the investigation with her old colleague, Billy T.

It is only the beginning of May, but in Oslo a brutal heat wave has coincided with an alarming increase in violent crime. In the latest instance, police investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen is sent to a macabre crime scene on the outskirts of town. An abandoned shed is covered in blood. On one wall an eight-digit number is written in blood. There is no body - nor any sign of a victim. Is it a kid’s prank or foul play? Is it even human blood? As more bloody numbers are found in isolated locations throughout Oslo, Hanne’s colleague Håkon Sand makes a startling discovery: The digits correspond to the filing numbers of foreign immigrants.

Created for her class in grant writing, Dr. Anne H. Holts' grant writing book allows you to collect the information you need to apply for grants for any project. Following the method outlined in this book you will develop the confidence to find and apply for grants to pay for your goals.

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...

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.

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?

In an orphanage outside Oslo, a 12-year-old boy is causing havoc. The institution’s aging director, Agnes Vestavik, sees something chilling in Olav’s eyes: sheer hatred. When Vestavik is found murdered, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife - with Olav nowhere to be found - the case goes to maverick investigator 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. But Hanne is hopeless at delegating and sharing responsibilities....

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.

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.

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...

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.

Alten Sünden auf der Spur - Selma Falck, ehemalige Olympia-Medaillengewinnerin und Anwältin mit Starallüren, hat ihren Tiefpunkt erreicht - beruflich und privat. Da steht Jan Morell, der Vater von Norwegens bester Skifahrerin, vor der Tür und macht ihr ein Angebot: Seine Tochter sieht sich Doping-Vorwürfen ausgesetzt und Selma soll ihre Unschuld beweisen. Als jedoch ein anderer Skifahrer aus dem Olympia-Team tot aufgefunden wird, zeigt sich, dass es um viel mehr als Sport geht... Die neue Reihe der norwegischen Queen of Crime.

Hanne Wilhelmsen får högst oväntat besök av sin gamla kollega Billy T. som hon inte haft kontakt med på många år. Just då skakas de omgivande kvarteren av en kraftig explosion. En islamisk samlingslokal har sprängts och tjugotre människor mist livet. En fundamentalistisk grupp säger sig stå bakom och skräcken hos Oslos invånare ökar för varje vecka som går, utan att polisen kommer närmare gärningsmännen. De verkar helt enkelt inte existera, vare sig i verkligheten eller på nätet.

Olav är tolv år och tvångsplacerad på ett barnhem som drivs av Frälsningsarmén. En kväll försvinner pojken och samma natt hittas föreståndarinnan mördad, med en kökskniv i ryggen. Hanne Wilhelmsen, som nyligen befordrats till kommissarie, upptäcker snart att barnhemmet döljer många intriger som kan vara orsak till mordet.

Hanne Wilhelmsens värld är på väg att slås sönder, frun har lämnat henne och tagit deras dotter Ida med sig. När en av hennes få vänner hittas brutalt mördad kastar hon sig över fallet, kanske det viktigaste hon någonsin jobbat med. Utredningen av mordet leder henne in i en kuslig verklighet när det också visar sig att ett antal oförklarliga graviditeter är en del av en större, skrämmande helhet.