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Pentagram
Author: Jo Nesbø
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Pentagram connects the hunt for a serial killer with Harry's last professional chance. Forced collaboration with Waaler adds internal tension to the case, while symbols left at the crime scenes demand an explanation.
Pentagram is the fifth installment in Jo Nesbo's crime series featuring detective Harry Hole. Oslo is gripped by summer heat, and Harry is on the edge of professional and personal collapse: suspended, with only weeks left before he leaves the police. When a murdered woman is found with a severed finger, he is given one last case. Complicating matters, he must work with Tom Waaler, a fellow officer he has long been trying to expose. It gradually becomes clear that the police are facing a serial killer who leaves symbols and messages at crime scenes.
Book information
- Author
- Jo Nesbo
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Kniha Zlín
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- krimi, detektívka, severská krimi
- ISBN
- 978-80-874-9705-0
- Publication date
- 1. January 2011
- Pages
- 449
- Edition
- Fleet
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-874-9705-0) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-874-9705-0) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-874-9705-0)
What is Pentagram about?
During a sweltering summer in Oslo, Harry Hole is suspended and his career in the homicide department is nearing its end. His prolonged attempt to prove a connection between officer Tom Waaler and a murder has cost him the trust of colleagues and those close to him.
When police discover a murdered woman with a severed finger, Harry receives one last case. The only available colleague is Tom Waaler. The investigation grows more complicated with the disappearance of Lisbeth, wife of producer Willy Barli, and another severed finger delivered to the police.
Investigators gradually establish that the cases form a series. Harry must decipher the killer's symbols and messages while confronting his dangerous conflict with Waaler. The novel combines a serial-murder investigation with a continuation of Harry Hole's longer narrative arc.
Themes and motifs
A serial-murder investigation
Harry searches for connections among the murders, a disappearance, and symbols left by the perpetrator.
Corruption and trust
Harry's conflict with Tom Waaler raises questions of trust within the police force.
Personal collapse
Harry enters the case suspended, isolated, and with his personal life severely damaged.
Symbols and patterns
The investigation involves signs and messages left by the killer at crime scenes.
Setting
Oslo during a period of summer heat, particularly the police and urban settings connected with the murder investigation.
Main characters
Harry Hole
A detective on the verge of leaving the police who receives one last case and hunts a serial killer.
Tom Waaler
Harry's fellow officer and a man Harry is trying to implicate in serious criminal activity.
Lisbeth
Producer Willy Barli's wife, whose disappearance becomes part of the investigation.
Willy Barli
A producer preparing the premiere of the musical My Fair Lady and the husband of the missing Lisbeth.
Who is this book for?
For readers of Nordic crime fiction, police procedurals, and the Harry Hole series.
Book context
Pentagram is the Czech title of Marekors, the fifth Harry Hole novel. Kateřina Krištůfková translated the Czech edition published by Kniha Zlín.
Séria a poradie
- Harry Hole – tento titul je 5. diel
Otázky o knihe
What is Pentagram about?
During a hot summer in Oslo, Harry Hole investigates a series of murders connected by symbols while being forced to work with Tom Waaler.
What is the book's original title?
The original Norwegian title is Marekors.
Where does Pentagram fit in the Harry Hole series?
The official publisher identifies it as the fifth book in the Harry Hole series.
Who is the main character?
The main character is detective Harry Hole.
Who translated Pentagram into Czech?
The Czech translation is by Kateřina Krištůfková.
Where is the story set?
The story is set primarily in Oslo during a period of summer heat.
Does AudioSpace offer the same work in another format?
Yes. Related product 22661 is the Pentagram audiobook and has been confirmed as the same work.
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