From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels is an 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, 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. Olav’s latest job puts him at the pinnacle of his trade, just as 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.