The second William Wisting mystery to be translated into English, after the succ
essful Dregs. Ove Bakkerud, newly separated and extremely disillusioned, is look
ing forward to a final quiet weekend at his summer home before closing for winte
r but, when the tourists leave, less welcome visitors arrive. Bakkerud's cottage
is ransacked by burglars.
Next door he discovers the body of a man who has b
een beaten to death. Police Inspector William Wisting has witnessed grotesque mu
rders before, but the desperation he sees in this latest murder is something new
. Against his wishes his daughter Line decides to stay in one of the summer cott
ages at the mouth of the fjord.
