From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels–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’s wife.And Olav’s just been hired to kill her.