The Leopard
Loosing Oleg and Rakel had been hard for Harry and so to escape from it all he had fled to Hong Kong. Now living a not so idyllic life, Harry is approached by an official, who pays off Harry’s debts, to return to Oslo to his sick father and another murder case that’s rocking the nation. At first Harry has no intention of investigating the case, but when another murder takes place in his presence, his instincts take over. Needless to say, it Harry who finds the link between the seemingly random and unconnected victims. Once the connection is established, Harry’s investigation takes unpredictable twists and turns asking us readers whether Harry will be able to stop the murderer in time.Disbelief! Yes, I was in complete state of disbelief when I realized what the murder weapon was. Frankly, I hadn’t heard of this ‘instrument’ before and had to google it. Once I knew more about it I my status wasn’t any better because it seemed so unbelievable and gruesome! And yes, I am a person who has the experience of lapping up all the gory details of Alex Cross & other James Patterson novels. I finished reading this book quite some time back, and I intentionally took time to review this book hoping that the explicit details would have time to settle down and give the other aspects of the book to come forward. But so far no luck… You really need to read this book to understand what I am talking about. Needless to say, the action of this book is beyond thrilling. Hardcore, unbelievable, exciting – all the words can be used to describe the action in this book. Harry seems to be pushing his own limits further and further in every book.
Detective Kaja is another strong character that the author has introduced to us in this novel. I like her strength and grit. As far as the plot goes, there can hardly be two opinions about it. It was once again a great plot – I would say the best for far in the series, but I have read only 3 out of the 9 novels. So, I’ll stick to saying that this was the best out of the three I have read. But in this book I would like to specially mention the translator, Don Bartlett, for the amazing work he has done.
