Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo's Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom—a master of manipulation named Hecate—has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.

Hecate’s plot hinges on steadily, insidiously manipulating Inspector Macbeth: the head of SWAT and a man already susceptible to violent and paranoid tendencies. What follows is an unputdownable story of love and guilt, political ambition, and greed for more, exploring the darkest corners of human nature, and the aspirations of the criminal mind.

尤·奈斯博（Jo Nesbø）

搖滾樂隊成員，電影、電視編劇，享譽全球的犯罪小說天王。

他是邁剋爾·康奈利至愛的驚悚作傢，北歐犯罪小說類奬項的大滿貫得主，玻璃鑰匙奬、書店業者大奬等無不入其囊中，還獲得英國國際匕首奬和美國愛倫·坡奬提名。被評論界稱為：“挪威犯罪書寫的畢加索”“斯堪的納維亞的奇跡”。

他的小說不僅是挪威圖書暢銷榜的霸主，還是美國、英國暢銷榜的常客。

這一次，為瞭挑戰自己，尤·奈斯博接受瞭“霍加斯·莎士比亞”係列的改寫任務，選擇瞭莎士比亞暗黑係的悲劇經典《麥剋白》。尤·奈斯博笑稱：“這一次我都不用寫大綱瞭，因為這個叫威廉的傢夥已經為我寫好瞭！”現代版《麥剋白》受到評論界的普遍認可，稱他“將自己突齣的特色烙印在莎士比亞最著名的戲劇之上。”