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Violence
Some
A murder and its investigation; some physical danger
Language
Barely any
Clean Scandinavian prose in translation; mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult relationships; mild
Substance Use
Barely any
Drug use by minor characters in a drug trial context
Emotional Intensity
Some
Political corruption and the personal cost of pursuing it; Hanne's carefully maintained privacy
What this book is about
When a lawyer is found stabbed in Oslo, Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen and attorney Karen Borg find themselves drawn into an investigation that connects a drug trial to the highest levels of Norwegian government. The first Hanne Wilhelmsen novel introduced one of Scandinavian crime fiction's most compelling and private investigators — a woman whose inner life is carefully guarded even as she sees everything.
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Political corruption reaching the highest levels of Norwegian government
A murder investigation with dangerous implications
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