_michaljan reviewed Blod på snø by Jo Nesbø
4.0 stars
A good piece of Nordic noir. Nesbø's writing style is as economic as one would expect from a Scandinavian, and the story is consistently surprising.
From the internationally acclaimed author comes a new, electrifying stand-alone thriller set in Oslo in the 1970s. The story of an unusually complicated contract killer - the perfectly sympathetic antihero - that is, as well, an edgy, almost lyrical meditation on death and love. Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard to get close to anyone. Now he's finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. She's his boss' wife. And Olav's just been hired to kill her.
