Thomas Enger

Pierced

Journalist: Henning Juul
Location:  Oslo
Time:        Current
Genre:       Scandi Noir

This is the second book by Enger featuring Henning Juul. There is a key underlying arc. Juul  was badly burned and his son died in a fire at his home. He has nightmares about it and the perpetrator is unknown.

In this novel Juul is persuaded to investigate the case of Pulli, a man imprisoned for murder who is proclaiming his innocence. His leverage to get Juul to help is that he promises to reveal what he knows about the fire at juul's home.

This takes him into a murky world of enforcers (bouncers/debt collectors) and the rivalries and jealousies between them.  At the same time a hitman forces a TV cameraman into murdering Pulli. How that resolves itself is a sub plot. the death of Pulli drives Juul to solve the murder for which Pulli was imprisoned in the hope that he can work out what Pulli knew.

This is going to continue in other books.

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Previously Read:
Burned