Publisher's Synopsis
In an orphanage outside Oslo, a twelve-year-old boy named Olav is causing havoc - the institution's director sees sheer hatred in his eyes. But when she is found murdered late at night, stabbed in the neck - with Olav nowhere to be found - the case goes to Hanne Wilhelmsen, superintendent for the Oslo police. Hanne suspects that Olav witnessed the murder and fled, but this is one case where her instincts are leading her astray. Meanwhile, Olav makes his way to his mother's apartment, leading them on a chase that will upend all of their assumptions.
