DET VAR SEKRETERAREN på den rättsmedicinska avdelningen som tog emot budet. Hon tog paketet under armen och bar in det. Stanken mötte henne först när hon rivit bort tejpen och öppnat kartongen. Hon hade just tagit emot och kvitterat ett mänskligt huvud.
I Memento mori får läsaren följa rättsläkaren Ella Andersson och hennes kollegor närde tillsammans med polisen försöker förstå den makabra försändelsen. Huvudet är van ställt av förruttnelse men kulan i skallen vittnar om en våldsam död. Medan polisen prioriterar identifieringen av huvudet riktar Ella istället sitt intresse mot den egna organ-isationen.
Ett nedlagt ärende väcker hennes uppmärksamhet och bakom den byråkratiska fasaden anar hon kopplingar till den organiserade brottsligheten. Ingen tycks längre vara utom deras räckhåll - inte ens den rättsmedicinska avdelningen som lamslås när det står klart vem huvudet tillhör
Memento mori är rättsläkare Elias Palms tredje och sista deckare om Ella Andersson efter Corpus delicti (2010) och Causa mortis (2011) och går att läsa helt fristående. Utgiven av Ordfront Ljud 2013.
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