The Snowman

A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf wrapped around the neck of a snowman. As Harry Hole and his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. When a second woman disappears it seems that Harry's worst suspicions are confirmed: for the first time in his career, Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf.