Dead Joker

In this gripping installment of Anne Holt's acclaimed mystery series, Chief Public Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsrud becomes the prime suspect in his wife’s decapitation, claiming that the murderer is Ståle Salvesen, a man he once prosecuted. Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen leads the investigation alongside her colleague Billy T., questioning Halvorsrud’s guilt as a witness reports Salvesen's apparent suicide days before the murder. Amidst the unfolding mystery, Hanne faces a personal crisis as her long-time partner's health deteriorates, forcing her to weigh the cost of pursuing the truth in the face of savage violence.