Blood Ties, Nesbo - B

                 Roy Opgard is a fundamentally decent human being, notwithstanding the many murders he's committed over the years.  Never mind the bribery, obstruction of justice, and bank fraud at the center of this story.  His primary problem is his younger brother Carl, about whom he has an abiding sense of guilt and responsibility because he had never stopped his father's sexual abuse of Carl—until he emphatically did.  He spends his life cleaning up the multiple nasty messes Carl leaves along the way, until Carl crosses the line.  This time Carl betrays him.  He, in turn, hatches his own plan, and the brothers engage in a three-dimensional game of chess with millions of dollars and jail time on the line.  The author seldom strays from his highly successful series about an alcoholic Oslo detective and does so admirably here.  Very good.