“This killer will get inside your head” When a body is found in the forest, the police make a horrifying discovery: her scalp has been removed and sewn back on. But they have no idea why. With a second woman reported missing, detectives fear their worst nightmare has come true.
Coming to this book having read all the previous – and that is the best way, otherwise a reader would get lost in the relationships and how Harry Hole came to be what he is. Lots of good stuff – I enjoyed the putting together of a team to investigate – very The Sting/Oceans’ Eleven. What I disliked – the length of the book because of all the pages on Harry’s battle with alcohol and the discussions on music between the characters. I felt this is an overindulgence on the part of the author.
Lots of tension – which means one wants to get through the book to see who survives and who the killer is. It is not a whodunnit but a whoisit book – we get to follow the murderer, identified by a nickname as Prim, but not his real identity or motive until quite late. Lots of misdirection, making it hard to have a stab at solving the mystery.
Lastly, with hindsight, I would have made a Dramatis Personae inside the cover, to keep tabs on all the characters – all those Norwegian names and two very similar, I got confused at times.
