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half brother’s name on her notepad. Lars Johansson.
    â€œDo you have any idea who might have done this to your husband?” she said.
    Kerstin squirmed a little, looked out of the window and answered, “No.”
    â€œDid your husband have any enemies?” said Henrik.
    Kerstin looked down at the table and took a deep breath.
    â€œNo, he didn’t.”
    â€œNobody he was angry with or had argued with or who was angry with him?”
    Kerstin didn’t seem to hear the question.
    â€œKerstin?”
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œNobody who was angry with him?”
    She shook her head no so violently that the loose skin under her chin wobbled.
    â€œStrange,” said Henrik as he laid out copies of the threatening letters on the table in front of her. “Because as you know, we found these at your house.”
    â€œWhat are they?”
    â€œThe letters from your closet. We are hoping you will tell us about them.”
    â€œBut I don’t know what they are. I’ve never seen them before.”
    â€œThey seem to be some sort of threats. That means your husband must have had at least one enemy, if not more.”
    â€œBut, no...”
    Kerstin shook her head again.
    â€œWe are very anxious to find out more about who sent these—and why.”
    â€œI have no idea.”
    â€œYou haven’t?”
    â€œNo, I’ve told you I’ve never seen them before.”
    Click-click could be heard from Peter Ramstedt’s pen.
    â€œAs my client has said twice, she does not recognize these papers. Would you be so kind and note that now for the record? Then you don’t have to waste time repeating the same question.”
    â€œMr. Ramstedt, you are surely well aware as to how an interview is carried out. Without extended questioning, we won’t get the information we need,” said Henrik.
    â€œThen be so kind as to stick to relevant questions. My client has clearly stated that she has not seen these papers previously.”
    Peter looked straight at Henrik. CLICK-CLICK.
    â€œSo you don’t know if your husband felt threatened in any way?” Henrik continued.
    â€œNo.”
    â€œNo strange phone calls?”
    â€œI don’t think so.”
    â€œDon’t think or don’t know?”
    â€œNo, no calls.”
    â€œYou don’t know anybody who wanted to warn him? Or get revenge?”
    â€œNo. But the nature of his work of course made him rather vulnerable.”
    â€œHow do you mean?”
    â€œWell...my husband thought that the decision process for asylum was difficult. He never liked having to turn away any asylum seekers, even though he wasn’t personally responsible for having to tell them himself. He knew how desperate many were when they didn’t get asylum here. But not everyone qualified. And no one has threatened him. Or has sought revenge, if that is the question.”
    Henrik wondered whether Kerstin was telling the truth. Hans Juhlén could admittedly have kept the threatening letters hidden away from her. But it did nevertheless seem unlikely that he never during all his years in the job felt frightened of somebody nor talked with his wife about it.
    * * *
    â€œThere must have been a relatively serious threat against Juhlén,” Henrik said to Jana when the interview was concluded. They both left the interrogation room with slow steps.
    â€œYes,” she answered briefly.
    â€œWhat do you think about the wife?”
    Jana remained standing in the corridor while Henrik closed the door. “There are no signs of violence in the house,” she said.
    â€œPerhaps because the murder was well planned.”
    â€œSo you think she’s guilty?”
    â€œThe spouse is always guilty, right?” Henrik smiled.
    â€œYes, almost always. But at the moment no evidence links her to the murder.”
    â€œShe seemed nervous,” he added.
    â€œThat isn’t enough.”
    â€œI know. But