
By Eirik Wekre
The country is in a deep political crisis. Norway’s prime minister has just announced his resignation and wishes to call an election. He is on his way to a private meeting early one Saturday morning when the car he is sitting in is blown up. The prime minister is killed. The entire country is placed on national alert and the special police security service adviser Theo Hannover is appointed to lead the investigation. What at first was thought to have been a bomb turns out to have been a shot from an armour-piercing weapon stolen from the Norwegian forces in Afghanistan. How did the weapon get to Norway and who was the PM on his way to meet? Who would profit from reducing the country to complete chaos? The clues point in a number of directions – including the country’s intelligence service.