Harry is partnered with Beate Lønn, a young video evidence expert,
to investigate what ends up being the first in a string of
professionally-executed bank robberies. In her analysis of the surveillance
video, Lønn becomes convinced from the robber and victim’s body language that
the two knew each other.
During the course of the investigation, Harry is invited by an old
girlfriend, Anna Bethsen, to have dinner together. The following morning Harry
wakes up in his own apartment with a hangover and no recollection of the
night’s events. Later that day, Anna is discovered dead, having apparently shot
herself in a suicide attempt. But when Harry notices that the gun is in her
wrong hand, he believes she was murdered sometime during the night he was with
her, and he’s not certain he wasn’t the one who did it.
The deeper Harry and Beate get into the
investigation, the more complex the case becomes.
Once again Nesbø’s ability to create
intriguing characters and weave them into a plot containing enough twists and
turns to keep you constantly on your toes is on full display. Four books into
the series and Harry Hole is turning out to be a fascinating anti-hero. He’s
constantly fighting his addictions to alcohol and heroin, all while committing
as many crimes as he helps solve.
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