The Redeemer, Nesbo - B +

                                          I am not sure which Harry Hole police thriller this is as they are translated out of sequence and this book  takes place well ahead of a few of the recent ones.  It should be noted that they are now advertising these with Michael Connelly (creator of Harry Bosch) saying that Hole is his favorite detective.  Hole is  a fascinating man, totally dysfunctional off the job, yet the consummate pro while leading Oslo's murder squad.  His hardbitten cynicism and personal desolation is what we assume is the epitome of a troubled Scandinavian.  In this novel, a recurrent theme in all of the European series is back - the significant dislocations across the continent caused by the expansion of the EU and the opening of the borders.  Here we have a Croatian serial killer hired by a senior member of the management of Norway's Salvation Army.  Harry gets his man, the Norwegian, and lets the Croat go because the only way he could solve the case is to make a pact with the killer's mother.