A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the devil's star.
Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work.
A wave of similar murders is on the horizon. An emerging pattern suggests that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands, and the five-pointed devil's star is key to solving the riddle.
- ISBN10 0099478536
- ISBN13 9780099478539
- Publish Date 6 July 2006 (first published 20 October 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 528
- Language English