Not far from the town of Buda in Northern Norway, something strange is happening: ancient porcelain dolls appear on the shore, attached to wooden rafts, and then - a beaten girl unconscious, dressed like one of the dolls. At the...
same time, boys find a man submerged in icy water on the coast, whose hands are chained to a stone, and then another victim of an unknown criminal appears. The investigation is taken on by police officer Rino Carlsen, who will have to unravel a whole chain of horrific crimes. F. Granhus's novel is a vivid example of Scandinavian detective fiction, where the plot keeps the reader in suspense until the last page and does not allow them to put the book down. It is a story about how love turns into obsession, which knows no bounds and moral principles, blurs the line between good and evil, and drives one insane.
Not far from the town of Buda in Northern Norway, something strange is happening: ancient porcelain dolls appear on the shore, attached to wooden rafts, and then - a beaten girl unconscious, dressed like one of the dolls. At the same time, boys find a man submerged in icy water on the coast, whose hands are chained to a stone, and then another victim of an unknown criminal appears. The investigation is taken on by police officer Rino Carlsen, who will have to unravel a whole chain of horrific crimes. F. Granhus's novel is a vivid example of Scandinavian detective fiction, where the plot keeps the reader in suspense until the last page and does not allow them to put the book down. It is a story about how love turns into obsession, which knows no bounds and moral principles, blurs the line between good and evil, and drives one insane.