Brilliant audaciously rogue police officer Harry Hole from The Snowman and The Thirst is back and in the throes of a new unanticipated rageonce again hunting the murderer who has haunted his entire career. Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakelthe only woman hes ever lovedhas ended it with him permanently. Hes been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but its in the cold case office when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now Finne is free after a decadeplus in prisonfree and Harry is certain unreformed and ready to take up where he left off. But things will get worse. When Harry wakes up the morning after a drunken night with blood thats clearly not his own on his hands its only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare the likes of which even he could never have imagined. show more