The Lion's Mouth (Hanne Wilhelmsen Series) - Softcover

Step aside, Stieg Larsson, Holt is the queen of Scandinavian crime thrillers. * Red Magazine * Anne Holt is a thriller writer of the highest order. -- Liza Marklund Lively, unusual and persuasive. Holt writes with the command we have come to expect from the top Scandinavian writers. * The Times * Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction. -- Jo Nesbo

THE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES. This investigation brings her into conflict with the highest powers in Norway: what secrets lie behind the death of the Prime Minister? 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... This is a story of lies, intrigue and politics. The Lion's Mouth questions who holds the power in Norway, and how far they will go to use it.