Two young women are missing. Strangers to each other, but last seen at the same party. When the body of one of them is found with fresh stitches along her hairline the hunt is onto find a murderer with particular tastes.
Only Harry Hole can stop this ingenious psychopath. But Harry is gone: struck off the force, down and out in L.A.. It seems like nothing can entice him back to Oslo. Until someone close to him comes under threat.
But there is more to this case than meets the eye, and the clock is ticking down to find the other missing girl before the body count rises.
