When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or, put another way, for every cockroach you see in your hotel room, there are hundreds behind the walls. Surrounded by round-the-clock traffic noise, Harry wanders the streets of Bangkok lined with go-go bars, temples, opium dens, and tourist traps, trying to piece together the story of the ambassador’s death even though no one asked him to, and no one wants him to—not even Harry himself.

This book is the second book in the “Harry Hole” series written by Jo Nesbø. I loved the first book in this series, but this book wasn’t nearly as good as the first book in this series.

This book takes place in Thailand after a Norwegian ambassador is found dead in a brothel in Thailand. The Norwegian ambassador which was found was best buddies with a high positioned politician in Norway, so of course there was a lot of pressure put on Harry Hole.

The beginning of this book was very good, because we didn’t know what was happening, but as this book kept going it began going more and more down the hill for me personally.

However the plot itself was solid as well as the writing. But the twist at the could have been bigger and better in my opinion. Because I felt like there was something missing in the twist at the end.

I personally found the plot to be very unrealistic and confusing which really disappointed me a lot after the first book in this series was so great in my opinion.

The characters (expect of harry hole) were very flat and boring in a way. And I found myself not caring about them at all, and I was less interested in Harry Hole less interesting than in the first book. Which really made me take away some points from the final review of this book.

This book had also a lot of subplots which really made me uninterested because I picked up this book to follow harry hole on his journey of solving a murder instead of getting mini lectures about money-exchange, international business, politics in the police rankings, political power struggle and finance. If I wanted to get to know about these subplots I would pick up a nonfiction books about these topics and not learn about them from a mystery book.

I Give This Book 2 / 5