Lene Lauritsen Kjolner's debut detective novel, `The Man in the Shiny Shoes,' is the first in the Island Mysteries series featuring Olivia Henriksen. It won the Maurits Hansen prize - New Blood. There are now nine books in the series, described as unique in a Norwegian context, but which have been compared to Alan Bradley, Agatha Christie and Alexander McCall Smith. This cosy crime series is set in the Norwegian archipelago, garnished with wit, humour and irony, and a touch of self-deprecation. Lene also writes `feelgood' books featuring Petra, Sofie and Petronella.This is the second book in the Olivia Henriksen is a private detective. Although she takes on all manner of cases, currently her work usually involves the surveillance of cheating spouses. But when the notorious politician Arne Gustavsen of the Socialist Left party is found dead at the water's edge, near the Ankerholm Sailing Cub, she finds herself drawn into a murder case which involves environmental politics, cynical tycoons, and dirty dealings. Fortunately, Olivia possesses the necessary tenacity in her professional life - her love life, however, is less certain.