In Oslo, two young women of disreputable reputation disappear: cocaine, parties, and “sugar daddies.” The police find the body of the first one, and based on a number of signs it immediately seems that this is the work of a serial killer. Or is it not? Did the criminal have a motive—or were the women chosen at random? Harri Hole could help, but he’s far away, 14 hours of flight across the Atlantic.