I think it might be time for Harry Hole to die. Or rather, that time was a few books back. The novels are becoming more and more of a chore (like The Thirst) or worse, they’re becoming fatal for people around Harry Hole. It would one thing for the books if they were specifically well done enough to carry the weight of the series through a slump, or to traffic too much in schlock and tropes (well, cliches) but the books have the ridiculous self-seriousness […]