Chapter 19 - Wednesday. Under Water.

Harry arrives at Frogner’s open-air pool and notes the media’s full adoption of the “courier killings” label and the public’s fear. A feature shows Toya Harang and Wilhelm Barli vowing Lisbeth Barli’s show will continue. Inside, Harry joins Rakel and Oleg, sharing light banter and memories that underline his bond with them and his lingering nostalgia.

While watching Oleg dive, Harry experiences a moment of dread as Oleg smiles at him through the underwater viewing window. The stillness and the condensation on the glass trigger a memory of a dusty, unpowered TV screen he saw near the Barbara Svendsen crime scene.

Spurred by this recognition, Harry hurries with Oleg to a TV shop at Carl Berners plass. The disinterested shopkeeper, Karl, fails to recall anyone specific from the day in question. Harry calls in forensics.

Beate arrives and dusts the screen. She confirms there are finger-traced marks forming a symbol she identifies as a “devil’s star.” The discovery reinforces Harry’s growing pentagram motif connection across the murders, but any potential fingerprints appear dragged and incomplete, offering no immediate identification.