The Human Flies (K2 and Patricia)

'There are still an extraordinary number of secrets in that building . . . '

Oslo, 1968. An ambitious young detective is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered.

The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbein Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it becomes clear that the killer could only be one of Olesen's fellow tenants in the building . . .

This gripping, evocative and ingenious mystery pays homage to the great Agatha Christie. As clues are uncovered and riddles solved, The Human Flies will plunge readers into the past: into a world of deceit and betrayal, revenge and the very darkest murder.

'Brilliant. Locked-room mysteries used to be a staple of golden-age crime fiction. Now the Norwegian novelist Hans Olav Lahlum has revived the form' Sunday Times

'A classic whodunnit of the highest calibre' Crime Fiction Lover