The countryâs new female prime minister has been shot dead and the gun canât be found in Anne Holtâs fourth mystery in the award-winning, internationally bestselling Hanne Wilhelmsen books that are âa natural for Jo Nesbø readersâ (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 canât remain on the sidelines of such a crucial investigation. The hunt for the Prime Ministerâs killer is complicated, intense, and grueling. When secrets begin to unravel from the Prime Ministerâs 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, âThe Lionâs Mouth tackles the ruthlessness of political power [in] the most sensitive investigation of Hanne Wilhelmsenâs careerâ (Financial Times). âThe wonder and pleasureâŚis 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 plotâ (The Wall Street Journal).