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 taking office, the Norwegian Prime Minister
is found dead. She has been shot in the head. Was it a politically
motivated assassination or personal revenge?
Hanne Wilhelmsen, chief inspector of the Oslo police, is on leave in
California, but when the death shakes the country to its core, she knows
she can't remain on the sidelines of such a crucial investigation. The
hunt for the Prime Minister's killer is complicated, intense, and
grueling. When secrets begin to unravel from the Prime Minister's past,
Hanne and her partner, Billy T., must solve the crime before a private
tragedy becomes a public scandal in the most sensitive case of their
careers.
Filled with lies, deception, and the truth about government, "The
Lion's Mouth tackles the ruthlessness of political power [in] the
most sensitive investigation of Hanne Wilhelmsen's career" (Financial
Times). "The wonder and pleasure...is in how Ms. Holt weaves the
strands of a political thriller, a police procedural, a locked-room
mystery, and a domestic novel into a satisfying plot" (The Wall Street
Journal).