num_pages: 288
description:  Internationally renowned author Kjell Ola Dahl has attained cult status in his home country of Norway with his sharp riveting bestsellers. Now with his gripping and intelligent novel The Fourth Man the master of Norwegian crime writing is crossing the Atlantic.In the course of a routine police raid Detective Inspector Frank Frlich of the Oslo Police saves Elizabeth Faremo from getting inadvertently caught in the crossfire. Some weeks later Frlich coincidentally runs into her againbut their ensuing affair is no accident. By the time he learns that she is no strangerbut rather the sister of a wanted member of a larceny gangit is already too late.In the middle of one night Frlich receives a call that a young guard has been killed in the course of a robbery. Scrambling to respond he realizes that Elizabeth is no longer in his bed. In a turn of events cryptic erotic and complex he finds himself a prime murder suspect and under the watch of his doubting colleagues. Led through the dark underworld of Oslo Frlich must find out if he is being used . . . before his life unravels beyond repair. The Fourth Man is a sexy fast-paced psychological thriller that puts a modern twist on the classic noir story of the femme fatale. K.O. Dahl has crafted a dark poetic and incredibly complex crime novel for his US debutthe first in a series of detective novels from this rising international mystery star. 
language: English
title: The Fourth Man
publisher: Minotaur Books