Hanne Wilhelmsen Books in Order

In locked-down Oslo in 2020, retired detective Hanne Wilhelmsen finally enjoys the empty streets she has long craved, until protégé Henrik Holme asks for help with the case of an unidentified woman found in a car trunk. At the same time, rookie editor Ebba Braut hunts a missing manuscript, drawing Hanne into a tangle of family secrets, identity theft and literary fraud.

Fifteen years after a little girl died in a car accident and her father was jailed for murdering his ex-wife, a retiring detective hands the dusty files to Henrik Holme, certain a mistake was made. With Hanne Wilhelmsen's help, Henrik links the old conviction to a far-right blogger's suspicious suicide and a new kidnapping.

An April bomb attack on an Islamic community centre in Oslo kills dozens and sparks fears of a second, even larger strike during Norway's Constitution Day celebrations. Dragged from semi-isolation, Hanne Wilhelmsen must navigate political hysteria, online extremism and her friend Billy T.'s increasingly troubled son to stop the next atrocity.

A train derails high in the Norwegian mountains during a ferocious blizzard, forcing nearly two hundred survivors into a remote hotel cut off by the storm. Wheelchair-using ex-detective Hanne Wilhelmsen wants only to be left alone, until a passenger is murdered and she must unmask a killer trapped inside with them.

When a shipping tycoon, his wife, their eldest son and an outsider are gunned down in their Oslo mansion days before Christmas, suspicion falls on the surviving siblings. Hanne Wilhelmsen digs into a dynasty built on money and secrets, convinced that the mysterious fourth victim is the real clue to the slaughter.

Celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is stabbed to death on the icy steps of Oslo police headquarters, leaving behind a swirl of jealous colleagues and hidden enemies. Drawn back from semi-retirement, Hanne Wilhelmsen joins Billy T. to pick apart Ziegler's carefully curated public image and uncover who really benefited from his fall.

When the wife of Oslo's chief public prosecutor is found decapitated and a journalist soon meets the same fate, suspicion swings between a vengeful businessman and the grieving husband. Hanne Wilhelmsen leads the brutal investigation while her longtime partner battles a life-threatening illness that tests every choice she makes.

Less than six months after taking office, Norway's prime minister is shot dead inside her own offices, and the murder weapon is nowhere to be found. Recalled from leave, Hanne Wilhelmsen navigates political rivalries, cabinet secrets and an increasingly dangerous cover-up to find the killer.

In a foster home outside Oslo, the hard-edged director is found stabbed at her desk and twelve-year-old troublemaker Olav has vanished. Hanne Wilhelmsen must untangle the secrets of the staff, the system and the boy himself before another tragedy unfolds.

A battered drug dealer, a silent Dutch suspect and a terrified lawyer pull Oslo detective Hanne Wilhelmsen into a murder investigation that exposes a sophisticated drug and corruption network hiding inside Norway's legal and political establishment.

For Hanne Wilhelmsen, a series of blood-smeared crime scenes marked only with numbers turns into a nightmare when they link to missing female immigrants no one seems to care about. As she hunts a possible serial killer, a rape victim and her father launch their own ruthless search for justice.