This book was on the list for a while and I finally decided to give it a go. It came highly recommended so I had high hopes for it.

Unfortunately, the book did not measure to all the hype it was given. The beginning of the book stretched on for a long time introduce character after character. Some of which were not needed to move the story forward or played no significant part.

The ending was irritating. Harry Hole was a joke of a detective by the time this book was over. He failed miserably to catch the killer THREE times. It’s not good when the detective catches the wrong person three times. It honestly didn’t make sense. The connection between the killer and Hols’s ex-wife at the end was over dramatic and too much.

Will not be reading this series, potentially this author, for a long time.