num_pages: 430
description: From Anne Holt the internationally bestselling author of 1222called the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction by Jo Nesbthe next installment of the Edgar Award nominated-mystery series finds Hanne Wilhelmsen caught at a deadly crossroadsChief Public Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsruds wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family living room. The cause of death: she has been brutally decapitated. Her husband who witnessed the grisly murder and is himself covered in blood immediately falls under suspicion though he claims his wifes killer was Stle Salvesen a man hed prosecuted years before. Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called in to lead the investigation with her old colleague Billy T. Despite the circumstantial evidence Hanne is unconvinced of Sigurd Halvorsruds guiltthat is until a witness says he saw Stle Salvesen commit suicide by jumping off a bridge days before the murder took place. Then a journalist at one of Oslo's largest newspapers is found beheaded. What links these two horrifically violent crimes?The demanding investigation soon clashes with a terrible crisis in Hannes personal life. Cecilie the woman she has lived with for almost twenty years has fallen seriously ill and doesnt have much time to live.With a savage killer on the loose Hanne must ask herself: Is the truth worth chasing at all costs?
language: Swedish
title: Död joker
publisher: Stockholm : Piratförlaget