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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.

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? Hanne Wilhelmsen, chief inspector of the Norwegian 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.

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.

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.

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.

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....

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.

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.

Das Kinderheim „Frühlingssonne“ am Rande von Oslo hat einen neuen Mitbewohner. Dem zwölfjährigen Olav fällt es schwer, sich in die Regeln des beinahe idyllischen Lebens in der alten Villa einzufügen, und mit Erschrecken stellt die Leiterin Agnes Vestavik fest, etwas in seinen Augen zu entdecken, was sie bei einem Kind bisher noch nie gesehen hat: Hass. Eines Tages ist Olav verschwunden und Agnes Vestavik wird tot an ihrem Schreibtisch aufgefunden–erstochen mit einem Küchenmesser. Die frisch zur Hauptkommissarin ernannte Hanne Wilhelmsen macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Jungen.

Trapped in a burning cabin on a freezing, snow-covered mountain, Selma Falck has no idea where she is or how she got there. She barely makes it out in time as the flames engulf the cabin. With no signs of human habitation nearby, the temperature rapidly dropping and a blizzard approaching, how will she survive? As Selma fights the cold, the hunger and her own wounds, she eventually forms a frightening picture of the past six months. Not only does she have to find a way to stay alive, she needs to make it back to civilization.

Det är stekhet försommarvärme. Den värsta i mannaminne för Oslopolisen. Med tolv våldtäkter och flera olösta dråp tvingas kriminalinspektör Hanne Wilhelmsen åter konstatera att våldtäktsfallen inte blir prioriterade. Så sker inte heller när en 24-årig kvinna blir överfallen på väg in i sin lägenhet och därför utsätts för en hel natts övervåld. Det är först när polisen anar ett samband mellan detta fall och en serie makabra blodbad utan vare sig offer eller gärningsman som insatserna omprioriteras.

Först hittas en mördad knarklangare i en park i Oslo. Några dagar senare drabbas en advokat av samma öde, och kriminalinspektör Hanne Wilhelmsen börjar ana att det finns ett samband. Jakten på mördaren leder henne till en hittills okänd narkotikaliga–med förgreningar ända upp på regeringsnivå.

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.

Fredagen den 22 juli 2011 lamslås den norska huvudstaden av ett terrordåd. Samtidigt genomlever Jon och Ellen Mohr en privat katastrof: deras åttaårige son dör i en tragisk olycka i familjens vardagsrum. Bara den unge polisen Henrik Holme fattar misstankar om att allt inte står rätt till i det välmående hemmet i ett av Oslo bästa bostadsområden. Utan erfarenhet men med stor viljestyrka och engagemang lyckas han dra in kriminalpsykologen Inger Johanne Vik i utredningen om Sanders död.

Selma Falck's personal life and career as a lawyer have hit rock bottom. That is until Hege Chin Morell - Norway's best female skier - approaches her desperate to overturn a doping charge. With two months to the Winter Olympics, Selma faces the seemingly almost impossible task of clearing Morell's name. However, when a male skier is found dead after a training accident, it becomes clear to Selma that there is something more serious at risk. Encountering corruption, hidden enmity and shady connections, the pattern of recent crimes and ancient sins becomes undeniable.

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?

Wenn unsere Welt in Flammen aufgeht... Selma Falck wacht in einem Albtraum auf: Sie ist gefangen in einer brennenden Hütte auf einem schneebedeckten Berg. Sie weiß nicht, wo sie sich befindet und wie sie dorthin gekommen ist. Schwer verletzt kann sich Selma in letzter Minute befreien, bevor die Hütte bis auf die Grundmauern abbrennt. Während sie draußen mit der Kälte, dem Hunger und ihren Wunden kämpft, kommt ihre Erinnerung bruchstückhaft zurück. Ihr wird klar, dass sie schnell in die Zivilisation zurückkehren muss.