In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the streets of the city. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four unexplained stab wounds, both drowned in their own blood. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media reaches a peak of excitement, and the police are running out of options. There is only one man who can help them, and he does not want to be found. Deeply traumatized by the Snowman investigation, which threatened the lives of those he cares about most, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the misery of the opium dens of Hong Kong. But when his father falls gravely ill in the hospital, Harry reluctantly agrees to return to Oslo. He has no intention of working on the case, but his instincts take over when a third victim is brutally found murdered in a city park. The victims seem completely unrelated, but it doesn’t take long for Harry to make a discovery: the women spent the night in a remote mountain cabin. And someone is killing the guests one by one. A breathtaking thriller from the bestselling author of 'The Snowman', 'The Leopard' is an international phenomenon that will keep you captivated until the very last page.