From the inside flap
"The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical.
"But this time, Harry can't help . . . For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless people. But now, with those he loves most facing terrible danger, Harry is not in a position to protect anyone."
Review
Police is a good, steady-build cop procedural/thriller that brings together many of the character and plot threads that have been accumulating over the course of the past few Harry Hole books. When everything starts to mesh, about two hundred pages in, it is a difficult-to-set-down read.
My only nit about Police is that Nesbø toys with his readers too long, stretching out the tension too much, in a insult-your-readers way: there are two instances of this irritating habit, which is given away by his sudden, vague descriptions of characters (e.g., “the victim” instead naming or specifically describing a specific character). Chances are, most readers will not be put off by this (they are not serious writers, but readers who just want to be "entertained") ─ while I view this as a note-worthy glitch, it is not a deal-breaker, and Police is still a solid transition novel for the series, tone-, plot- and character-wise.
Followed by The Thirst.
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