Totem

A man dressed in a light coloured suit arrives at Hamar railway station. He checks in at the nearest hotel and requests a town map. The following day he is killed in a hardware store. He had just ordered copies of a set of house keys. The hunt for the killer brings Jonfinn Valmann in contact with unscrupulous businessmen, well organized Eastern Europeans and women who are far too beautiful.

Totem is the story of a deceitful man´s greed for money and another man´s humiliation, hatred and thirst for revenge. It is also the story of a woman´s struggle to create a worthy life for herself and her child, a struggle she is willing to do anything for to win.

«The consistent elegance of language and the warm humour make the book a real joy to read, and once again Faldbakken has displayed his unusual talent as a crime writer.» Dagbladet