Really, even in a Norwegian mystery novel the detective has to be a really exceptionally talented detective who is a "loose cannon" and routinely butts heads with the rest of the squad? There just can't ever be a mystery involving a perfectly adequate but not exceptional rule-following detective? Why?
I'm only an hour or so into this book and I'm sad that all the way over in Norway, our cliches abound.
Edited to say I've finished it, just so I can say I did. Could not possibly follow all the ins and outs of the mystery, didn't care for the detective cliches. I think I'm officially breaking up with mysteries.