Part 3Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Part 3, Chapter 15 Summary: “Day 9: Number Eight”
Back in Oslo, Harry and Katrine share the news about Rafto’s body with the team. Although Rafto’s death is outside the scope of the killer’s real project, Harry is now sure, after looking at the case files in Bergen, they are dealing with a serial killer.
Katrine tells them that the Bergen police department is so corrupt that everything will be on the evening news. She has been looking into Idar Vetlesen’s background, including the fact that he got his medical degree in Bergen. Harry decides to arrest Idar, but when they get to his house, his mother says he is gone. Harry quietly sets up a manhunt but still hears about it on the news, which makes him angry. Back at headquarters, Katrine is about to tell Harry something, when Bjørn arrives to tell them that the news about Rafto has hit the media.
Mathias calls Harry to tell him that Idar asked him about a dangerous medicine, carnadrioxide. If Idar is the Snowman, he is changing his behavior. Katrine tells Harry that she believes the Snowman is now targeting him in the same way he once targeted Rafto. At home that night, Harry finds that 