Trying to drown his longing for Rakel, Harry Hole throws himself into work headfirst. Now he’s completely alone—his colleagues don’t like him, his old boss is gone, and the new one puts discipline above everything. Harry isn’t strong at this, but he’s great at investigating murders. In Oslo, an international killer has appeared: at a charity concert, a soldier from the Salvation Army was shot… To untangle the incredibly tangled crime and restore justice in his own way, Harry will have to uncover plenty of ominous secrets.