Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2008 (first published 2002)
Source: Personal copy
Summary:
How do you catch a killer when you’re the number one suspect?
A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Detective Harry Hole begins his investigation, but after dinner with an old flame wakes up with no memory of the past 12 hours. Then the girl is found dead in mysterious circumstances and he begins to receive threatening emails: is someone trying to frame him for her death?
As Harry fights to clear his name, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery…
***Short & Sweet Reviews are short, quick reviews. These will mainly be used for series books where I have already done full reviews on some of the earlier books or for books that I feel will suffice with a quick review. These will not be used for review requests or blog tours.
My thoughts:
So far, so good with my plan to read one Harry Hole book a month this year. If my streak continues, I should have this series finished by the end of the year…but let’s just see what happens!
I will say, I am really glad I have made the commitment to read this series because I am starting to see why so many people love Harry! This is the 4th book in the series and I love that I am starting to feel like I am getting a pulse on the characters. This story had a complex structure and it’s long, but it moves quick so it doesn’t feel that long, if that makes sense. I think the fact that we have such interesting and compelling characters – gypsys, bank robbers, a new partner who has a rare talent for facial recognition and dirty cops to name a few – keeps you engaged and wanting to keep reading.
I really liked this one and felt that there some unexpected twists that I didn’t see coming and I am quite eager to see what is in store next for Harry.
Books in this series:
- The Bat
- Cockroaches
- The Redbreast
- Nemesis
- The Devil’s Star
- The Redeemer
- The Snowman
- The Leopard
- Phantom
- Police
- The Thirst
- Knife
