This seems to be the first of the Blix/Ramm series. In other words, I have read the first three in the wrong order. No matter. They work perfectly well as standalone novels.
We start in 1999, with the incident that changed everything for Blix, his partner-now-boss Gard Fosse, and Emma Ramm. Then, almost twenty years later, Blix is given a missing person enquiry. Well know Nordic athlete Sonja Nordstrom, whose tell-all memoir is to be published today, has failed to show up to the various launch events. Has she just taken herself off - or has she been kidnapped.
Eventually they find a body on a boat owned by Sonja. It's not her. Someone is playing with the police and killing second rate celebs in a warped countdown order. Meanwhile Blix's daughter Iselin is appearing on Norway's big reality show, Worthy Winner. Could she possibly be in any danger? (Anyone who's read anything by Horst knows the answer to that one.) Emma, as a celebrity news blogger, is obviously drawn in. It's fascinating how the authors handle the realisation about the role Blix played in her life. They do it really well.
It's a cracking book with a couple of really cunning twists at the end. I didn't guess who the villain was, yet the answer was entirely credible. No wonder the Blix/Ramm series has now extended to five. I'm definitely on the lookout for Stigma and Victim.
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