Jo Nesbo

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Eva Ströberg

It isn't a secret that I love me a Harry Hole detective book. This anti-hero that solves crimes while roaming around his hometown Oslo half drunk always fascinated me, not to mention the intricate murder mysteries that he needs to solve.

Rakel Fauke, Hole's spouse threw him out because he's been drinking too much so Hole did it one thing he could: Drink some more and get wasted in a bar, until he got the news that Rakel was murdered the night he had black out after the bar visit. At the same time serial rapist Sveinn Finne (I can't remember which book he first appeared) was out of jail and started terrorising the neighbourhood again by raping young women and claiming that he didn't kill, but he impregnated them and thus created a new life. He also had an impressive collection of knives that he used to hurt women, and at the same time, Rakel was also murdered by a knife through the nape. 

Who killed Rakel?

This time, however, I got a spoiler because I read the book after the series, and I sort of know who the murderer was right from the start, but it was nonetheless fascinating to read what the character was up to until he was revealed, because I tried to savour the details throughout the book. That said, this book is too long, and I wish it could be down to a couple of page shorter.

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