Chapter 11 - Sunday. Departure.

The chapter opens abroad with an unnamed woman watching her confident lover prepare to leave for Oslo. Their intimate exchange reveals his evasiveness about work, a clerical collar in his suitcase, and her treasured necklace: a red, five-point, star-shaped diamond. After he departs, she plans a doctor’s visit and clings to his scent and the pendant.

In Oslo, newspapers sensationalize Camilla Loen’s past and Lisbeth Barli’s disappearance. Harry drinks at Underwater, mulling stalled cases. He meets Vibeke Knutsen, Camilla’s neighbor, who describes her partner Anders’s constant travel selling church fittings and his Pentecostal upbringing. Vibeke confides she received an anonymous breathing call after Camilla’s murder and has already told Tom Waaler, who said he’d look into it. She also notes overheard signs of Camilla’s active love life in summer.

Outside, Vibeke gently rebuffs Harry’s drunken flirtation, naming his unresolved feelings for Rakel. After escorting her home, Harry spots Tom Waaler surveilling Camilla’s building from a red sports car. Harry confronts him about spying and accuses him of orchestrating Ellen’s murder via Sverre Olsen.

Waaler counters with a personal story about class, loyalty, and violence, then pointedly “confesses” to executing Sverre Olsen as retribution for Ellen, framing it as justice rather than conspiracy. He denies involvement in Ellen’s death, intensifies his recruitment pitch—offering money and “dignity”—and undermines Harry’s standing in the force.

Before Harry leaves, Waaler provides Roy Kvinsvik’s current location and notes Kvinsvik is at choir practice at Gamle Aker church hall, implying cooperation while maintaining deniability. Harry is left conflicted, armed with a new lead and Waaler’s unsettling admission.