A roundhouse-kick of a thrill ride that lives up to the promises baked into the thriller subgenre's name, Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole delivers virtually everywhere it should — which is nothing less than what a modern legend deserves.

After delivering a compelling hook in its opening chapter and leaving viewers with engaging cliffhangers in the first few episodes, the Netflix crime thriller becomes a little too redundant.

The twists and turns are frequent, yet impressively the narrative is always relatively easy to follow and grab a hold of. .... The pacing often drags and beats repeat themselves.