|summary=Private Investigator Varg Veum is asked to discover the whereabouts of missing prostitute, only the case is not as simple as it seems; this is dark, gritty and gripping crime writing.
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After refusing a prospective client, who afterwards viciously assaulted another prostitute, Margrethe goes missing. Her worried friend from the street visits Varg Veum, a local private investigator, in the hope that he will take the case and get to the bottom of it without the need for police involvement. Varg then investigates every lead and attempts to discover all he can about the missing woman’s unusual upbringing, racking up more trouble and past cases as well as creating dangerous enemies.