The Thirst is the sequel to the bestseller The Police (the tenth book in the Harry Hole series), in which the veteran inspector struggles to protect his colleagues from a killer seeking revenge on the police.

In The Thirst, Harry will rejoin the ranks of the Oslo police to track down a serial killer who is murdering users of the dating social network Tinder. The killer's style and method will lead Harry in pursuit of a nemesis from his past.

Plink: The sound of a match on Tinder is the last thing Elise Hermansen will hear before she falls victim to murder in her apartment. Her lifeless body will be found by the police marked and drained of blood.

When another woman is murdered, the instincts of former inspector and now professor at the Police Academy Harry Hole, the legendary serial killer hunter, kick in… After all, a recurring nightmare haunts his sleep, voices flood his mind from time to time: there is a killer that Harry failed to apprehend. Perhaps it's time for them to face off again?