Oslo, 2018. Former long-distance runner Sonja Nordstr²m never shows at the launch of her controversial autobiography, Always Number One. When celebrity blogger Emma Ramm visits Nordstr²m's home later that day, she finds the door unlocked and signs of a struggle inside. A bib with the number 'one' has been pinned to the TV. Police officer Alexander Blix is appointed to head up the missing-persons investigation, but he still bears the emotional scars of a hostage situation nineteen years earlier, when he killed the father of a five-year-old girl. Traces of Nordstr²m soon show up at different locations, but the appearance of the clues appear to be carefully calculated-- evidence of a bigger picture that he's just not seeing. Blix and Ramm soon join forces, determined to find and stop a merciless killer with a flare for the dramatic, and thirst for attention.Trouble is, he's just got his first taste of it.

First published in Norwegian as Nullpunkt by Calitana Forlag, 2018.