Phantom (Nesbø novel)
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| Author | Jo Nesbø |
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| Original title | Gjenferd |
| Country | Norway (Oslo) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Series | Harry Hole |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Knopf |
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Publication date
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October 2, 2012 |
| Pages | 611 pp |
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| Preceded by | The Leopard |
| Followed by | Police |
Phantom is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø, published jn 2012. Its Norwegian title is Gjenferd, which does not directly translate to "Phantom"; rather it translates to a word similar to "ghosts". Phantom is the ninth novel featuring crime detective Inspector Harry Hole.
Following the traumatic events of the previous novel, the world-weary detective Harry Hole has returned to his life of self-imposed exile in Hong Kong, but is brought back to Norway as the book begins as he is told that Oleg, the son of his on-off girlfriend, Rakel Fauke, has been arrested for the murder of his flatmate, Gusto. Since Harry has become a father figure to Oleg, he comes to Norway to determine the truth about the murder.
Meanwhile, an airline pilot is arrested for transporting heroin into Norway, but—thanks to a burner within the Oslo Police Force, he is released and—although suspended from his job—is tasked by the heroin smuggling gang to work for them.
Harry meets an elderly priest at the hotel where he stays who, throughout the novel, gives Harry seemingly random information that ultimately aids him in solving the murder of Gusto. He also discovers that the drug-scene in Oslo no longer revolves around heroin, but around a morphine-based drug called Violin, which gives a bigger drug "high" and is much more addictive, but lacks some of the fatal consequences involved with the injection of heroin.
Harry discovers that drug-pushers who deal in Violin wear Arsenal football shirts and, using this clue, manages to obtain some fresh Violin, a substance which has so-far eluded the Oslo PD. He also manages to sneak into Oleg's cell, pretending to be his lawyer, a man called Hans Christian, who is dating Oleg's mother. After hearing Oleg's side of the story he is convinced that the police have the wrong suspect and that Oleg has been arrested to keep the people who run the Violin trade going from being arrested. This theory is confirmed when Oleg is attacked in his cell moments after Harry has left.
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