Name: Les Reynolds's review of The Human Flies by Hans Olav Lahlum
Item: The Human Flies
Rating: 4
Author: Les Reynolds

Hans Olav Lahlum

The first mystery in the hugely compelling, bestselling international crime series from Norway's answer to Agatha Christie Oslo, 1968. Ambitious young detective Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered. The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it seems clear that the murderer could only be one of Olesen's fellow tenants in the building. Soon, with the help of Patricia -- a brilliant young woman confined to a wheelchair following a terrible accident -- K2 will begin to untangle the web of lies surrounding Olesen's neighbours; each of whom, it seems, had their own reasons for wanting Olesen dead. Their interviews, together with new and perplexing clues, will lead K2 and Patricia to dark events that took place during the Second World War . . . This gripping, evocative and ingenious mystery -- the first in a series featuring K2 and Patricia -- pays homage to the great Agatha Christie and will plunge readers into Norwegian history, and into a world of deceit and betrayal, revenge and the very darkest murder.

The Human Flies

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Les Reynolds

Clever book. May have lost something in translation from Norwegian. Also, 37th of the year on my 37th birthday!

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