Human Flies

Hans Olav Lahlum

• 15 januari 2015
• 9781447232766

Samenvatting:

The first mystery in the hugely compelling, bestselling international crime series from Norway's answer to Agatha Christie

'There are still an extraordinary number of secrets in that building . . . ' Oslo, 1968. An ambitious young detective is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered. The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbein Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it becomes clear that the killer could only be one of Olesen's fellow tenants in the building . . . This gripping, evocative and ingenious mystery pays homage to the great Agatha Christie. As clues are uncovered and riddles solved, The Human Flies will plunge readers into the past: into a world of deceit and betrayal, revenge and the very darkest murder. 'Brilliant. Locked-room mysteries used to be a staple of golden-age crime fiction. Now the Norwegian novelist Hans Olav Lahlum has revived the form' Sunday Times 'A classic whodunnit of the highest calibre' Crime Fiction Lover

Oslo, 1968. Ambitious young detective Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered.

The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it seems clear that the murderer could only be one of Olesen's fellow tenants in the building.

Soon, with the help of Patricia - a brilliant young woman confined to a wheelchair following a terrible accident - K2 will begin to untangle the web of lies surrounding Olesen's neighbours; each of whom, it seems, had their own reasons for wanting Olesen dead. Their interviews, together with new and perplexing clues, will lead K2 and Patricia to dark events that took place during the Second World War . . .

The Human Flies by Hans Olav Lahlum is a gripping, evocative and ingenious mystery - the first in a series featuring K2 and Patricia - which pays homage to the great Agatha Christie and will plunge readers into Norwegian history, and into a world of deceit and betrayal, revenge and the very darkest murder.