Jo Nesbø is a super popular Norwegian writer. But I don’t much like Inspector Harry Hole, the lead character of his dark crime novels. An angry drunk much of the time.

At the start of The Redeemer (book #6), Harry is on the wagon. And even attends AA meetings.

Harry is both Oslo Crime Squad’s most brilliant detective, and its most frustrating. He struggles with authority

… the assassin – calling himself Stankić – arrives in Oslo and kills a Salvation Army officer, Robert Karlsen, during a Christmas street concert. Stankić has a facial anomaly known as hyperelasticity, wherein his facial muscles can be manipulated voluntarily to stop people from recognizing him. …

When a murder attempt is made on Robert’s brother Jon, it is believed that the Karlsen family is being attacked.  …

From there it’s a long, complicated plot. Well written.

Still … I’m not a huge fan of this series. I’m only reading it because I’m back in Norway.