The first winter snow falls, and Oslo detective Harry Hole finds a severed head placed beside a snowman -- the killer's calling card.
About This Book
The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother's pink scarf.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want something unflinching: morally complex, heavy, and honest about the worst of things. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. It moves quickly: once you're in, it's hard to stop. Not the right choice if you're after something comforting or redemptive.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something dark and uncompromising, and a read that's fast and propulsive.
What It Explores
The Snowman explores survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people, loss and what remains after it, and family in all its complexity — inherited and chosen.
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