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When former high-powered lawyer turned PI Selma Falck is shot and her oldest friend, a junior MP, is killed in a sniper attack, everyone - including the police - assume that Selma was the prime target. But when two other people with connections to the MP are also found murdered, it becomes clear that there is a wider conspiracy at play. As Selma sets out to avenge her friend's death and discover the truth behind the conspiracy, her own life is threatened once again. Only this time, the danger may be closer to home than she could possibly have realised.

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.

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. In 2016, the cold case ends up on the desk of Detective Henrik Holme, who tries to convince his mentor Hanne Wilhelmsen that the father might have been wrongly convicted. Holme and Wilhelmsen discover that the case could be connected to the suicide of an eccentric blogger as well as the kidnapping of the grandson of a EuroJackpot millionaire.

I 2001 omkommer tre år gamle Dina i en trafikulykke. Nogen tid senere dør Dinas mor under mystiske omstændigheder, og faren Jonas bliver dømt for at have dræbt hende. I 2016 får kriminalbetjent Henrik Holme den gamle sag på bordet, og han forsøger at overbevise sin mentor, Hanne Wilhelmsen, om at Jonas kan være blevet uskyldig dømt. Holme og Wilhelmsen opdager at sagen kan have forbindelse med en excentrisk bloggers selvmord og med kidnapningen af barnebarnet til en nyslået Eurojackpot-millionær.

When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Olso police headquarters, it sends a shockwave through the city. Police investigator Billy T. takes on the case, but it seems nobody really knew the dead man. While Billy T. struggles to break the case, Hanne Wilhelmsen returns to Oslo after a six-month absence following the death of her partner. Hanne discovers that not only had Ziegler been stabbed, but he had also ingested a lethal dose of painkillers.

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.

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...

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?

It has been 11 years since Hanne Wilhelmsen's life was forever changed by an assault that left her wheelchair bound. Now Hanne's self-imposed exile is nearing its end. When Oslo comes under attack from Islamic extremists in a series of explosions, the city is left reeling. A militant group claim responsibility, but the Norwegian police force doubt the group's very existence. The unfolding drama is brought to Hanne's door by her former partner, Billy T, who is convinced that his son, Linus, is involved in the recent events.

Shortly before Christmas, Chief Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called to the scene of multiple murders. Four people are found shot dead at the home of the wealthy Stahlberg family. Three of the dead are members of the family, and the fourth victim is an undistinguished author, seemingly out of place. As Hanne and her longtime police partner, Billy T., investigate, they unearth many motives for the murders. But Hanne doesn't believe that the full story has been revealed.

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. 

On a summer's day, Johanne Vik arrives at the home of her friends Jon and Ellen Mohr and is greeted by a scene of devastation: their young son, left unattended, has tragically fallen to his death. Meanwhile, Oslo is under attack. An explosion has torn the city apart, and newly qualified police officer Henrik Holme is the only one available to attend the Mohr household. As Holme investigates, he casts doubt on the claim that the death was a tragic accident and calls upon Johanne's profiling expertise to understand what really happened. 

Um sich an die Wahrheit zu erinnern, muss sie die Lügen vergessen... Selma Falck sitzt mit zwei Freundinnen vor einem Café, als plötzlich ein Schuss fällt. Selma wird nur leicht gestreift, die Parlamentsabgeordnete Linda trifft es jedoch tödlich. Lindas relative Anonymität veranlasst alle zu der Vermutung, dass Selma das eigentliche Ziel des Attentats war. Auch sie selbst geht davon aus – zumal sie seit einiger Zeit einen Stalker hat, der sich heimlich Zugang zu ihrer Wohnung verschafft

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.

Alten Sünden auf der Spur - Selma Falck, ehemalige Olympia-Medaillengewinnerin und Anwältin mit Starallüren, hat ihren Tiefpunkt erreicht - beruflich und privat. Da steht Jan Morell, der Vater von Norwegens bester Skifahrerin, vor der Tür und macht ihr ein Angebot: Seine Tochter sieht sich Doping-Vorwürfen ausgesetzt und Selma soll ihre Unschuld beweisen. Als jedoch ein anderer Skifahrer aus dem Olympia-Team tot aufgefunden wird, zeigt sich, dass es um viel mehr als Sport geht... Die neue Reihe der norwegischen Queen of Crime.