The Devil's Star by Jo NesbøMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Had to read this quickly on the heels of Nemesis since I wanted to see how Inspector Waaler would be caught and punished. It took the length of the book but his capture is brutal and final. Getting to that point, however, entailed a convoluted tale of a serial killer who sets quite a challenge for Harry Hole and his team. Harry's alcoholism is a central character as well as the victims, the investigators, the city of Oslo and the many suspects. The actual killer is a master of code production and symbology that confuse and depress those who seek the solution to the brutal crimes. Let us not forget either, the lovely red diamonds in the shape of a star that is found with each victim or the finger that is removed from them as well.
This one was hard to read, hence the four stars, since the daydreaming and hallucinations of Harry and even the murderer throw the story into the realm of what is real and what is going on--a bit too circuitous for me.
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