I purchased this book for my own personal collection.
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: January 30, 2018 (first published 2017)
Summary:
In this electrifying new thriller from the author of Police and The Snowman, Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims . . . on Tinder.
The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue–fragments of rust and paint in her wounds–leaves the investigating team baffled.
Two days later, there’s a second murder: a woman of the same age, a Tinder user, an eerily similar scene.
The chief of police knows there’s only one man for this case. But Harry Hole is no longer with the force. He promised the woman he loves, and he promised himself, that he’d never go back: not after his last case, which put the people closest to him in grave danger.
But there’s something about these murders that catches his attention, something in the details that the investigators have missed. For Harry, it’s like hearing “the voice of a man he was trying not to remember.” Now, despite his promises, despite everything he risks, Harry throws himself back into the hunt for a figure who haunts him, the monster who got away.
My thoughts:
I know I saw that I thought the last book was my favorite, but now I think this one is! Jo Nesbo just keeps getting better and better and this series really has become a favorite of mine. I am so glad I decided to make completing this series a priority this year.
This time around, we find Harry drawn back to assist with a case involving a serial killer who is targeting Tinder dates. It was such a complex, dark, intense book and I found myself completely drawn in. Harry is of course still struggling with his own demons and I think that is what makes him such a fascinating character – he is so deeply flawed and you just never know how he will react in any given situation.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time and the twists and turns it took kept me guessing all the way through. I cannot wait to start the next book…and then luckily there is another book to look forward to next year, which I will be ready for when it comes out!
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
- Killing Moon – due out May 2023
