In the course of a routine police raid, Detective Inspector Frank Frølich of the Oslo Police saves the life of Elizabeth Faremo, a dark-haired beauty with mysterious eyes who was inadvertently caught in the crossfire. Some weeks later, Frølich coincidentally runs into her again—-but their ensuing affair is no accident. By the time he learns that she is no stranger—-but rather the sister of a wanted member of a larceny gang—-it is already too late. In the middle of the night, Frølich receives a call that a young guard has been killed in the course of an attempted break-in. Scrambling to respond, he realizes that Elizabeth is no longer in his bed. And all at once, Frølich's life has changed. In a turn of events cryptic, erotic, and complex, he finds himself a prime murder suspect and under the watch of his doubting colleagues. Led through the dark underworld of Oslo and his own soul, Frølich—-suspended from the force, blindly in love, and on the hunt for some hint of truth in a vortex of darkness and lies—-must find out if he is being used . . . before his life unravels beyond repair. is a sexy, fast-paced psychological thriller that puts a modern twist on the classic noir story of the femme fatale. K. O. Dahl has crafted a dark, poetic, and incredibly complex crime novel for his U.S. debut—-the first in a series of detective novels from this rising international mystery star.