nonna7 's review for:

Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø

4.0

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I read this book almost in one sitting. It's probably one of the darkest, bloodiest and absolutely fascinating books I've read in a long time. Olav is a contract killer or, in his words, a "fixer." He fixes people for a living. He's dyslexic but still reads although he says the words get mixed up in his head, and he often reimagines the story. He is a complex person who feels sorry for the family of people he has had to kill. He also watches over Maria, a former deaf and dumb prostitute who had been victimized not just by her pimp but by the people to whom he owed money. He is paid to fix the adulterous wife of a major crime boss in Oslo. What happens after is a spiral of death and blood on snow.