He stroked the tattoo on his chest.
Then he turned and went over to the locker with a padlock with a splash of pink paint on it. He turned it until it read 0999, the number he had been sent. God knows if the number meant anything, but it opened the lock. There was a padded envelope inside. He opened it and turned it upside down. A white plastic key fell into his hand. He pulled out a sheet of paper. There was an address on it. In Holmenkollen.
And there was something else in the envelope, something that was stuck.
He ripped the envelope apart. Looked at the object. Black. And beautiful in its brutal simplicity. He put it in his mouth, clenched his jaws. Felt the taste of salt and bitter iron. Felt the fire. Felt the thirst.
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Table of Contents
Contents
About the Book
About the Author
Also by Jo Nesbo
Map
Title Page
Prologue
Part One
Chapter 1: Wednesday Evening
Chapter 2: Thursday Morning
Chapter 3: Thursday Afternoon
Chapter 4: Thursday, Late Afternoon
Chapter 5: Thursday Evening and Night
Chapter 6: Friday Morning
Chapter 7: Friday Morning
Chapter 8: Friday Afternoon
Chapter 9: Friday Afternoon
Chapter 10: Saturday Morning
Chapter 11: Saturday Evening
Chapter 12: Saturday Night
Chapter 13: Saturday Night
Chapter 14: Sunday Morning
Chapter 15: Sunday Evening
Chapter 16: Sunday Night
Chapter 17: Monday Morning
Chapter 18: Monday Afternoon
Chapter 19: Monday Evening
Chapter 20: Monday Night, Tuesday Morning
Part Two
Chapter 21: Tuesday Morning
Chapter 22: Tuesday Afternoon
Chapter 23: Tuesday, Late Afternoon
Chapter 24: Tuesday Evening
Chapter 25: Tuesday Night
Chapter 26: Tuesday Night
Chapter 27: Wednesday Morning
Chapter 28: Wednesday Afternoon
Chapter 29: Wednesday Evening
Chapter 30: Wednesday Night
Chapter 31: Wednesday Night
Chapter 32: Wednesday Night
Chapter 33: Thursday Morning
Part Three
Chapter 34: Saturday Daytime
Chapter 35: Sunday Morning
Chapter 36: Sunday Evening
Chapter 37: Wednesday Afternoon
Chapter 38: Thursday Morning
Chapter 39: Thursday Night
Chapter 40: Friday Morning
Chapter 41: Friday Afternoon
Epilogue
Copyright