When Harry Hole moved to Hong Kong, he thought he was escaping the scars of his life in Oslo and his career as a detective out to do good. But what he didn't expect happened: Oleg, the boy he helped raise, was arrested for a man's murder. Harry couldn't believe Oleg could be the killer, so he returned to Oslo to hunt down the real killer. Even though he was no longer a police officer, he had a case to solve. This case would send him deep into the city's drug world, where a deadly new drug was on the rise. This personal investigation would lead Harry Hole to confront his past and the bitter truth about himself and Oleg. The novel "The Ghost" was nominated for the 2012 International Crime Writers' Association Prize. - From the novel's atmosphere we read: "... I told you about the man who takes care of me, and how he threw me out because his wife fancied me. And you, Oleg, talked about a man your mother was with... about a policeman called Harry, who you claimed was top-notch... someone you could trust... but something bad happened... first between him and your mother, then you got involved in a murder he was working on, and then you and your mother moved to Amsterdam. I told you then that the man might be top-notch, but that was a ridiculous expression, while you told me that my expressions were even more ridiculous. And you asked me why I spoke such vulgar Norwegian; I'm not from the east side of Oslo. I said that exaggeration is just a principle of mine; it emphasizes a point. Then the sun came out, and I thought that was the best thing anyone could say about me..." - Jo Nesebo, musician, songwriter, economist, and one of the best and most successful crime writers working today. In 2004, he won the Glass Key Award, the most prestigious crime award in Northern Europe, for his debut novel, which featured police detective Harry Hole. Jo Nesbø lives in Oslo, Norway.