Home - Jo Nesbo Home The new Harry Hole thriller, coming May 2017 Harry Hole returns in the eleventh installment of the author’s best-selling, electrifying crime fiction series. UK Cover Reveal – THE THIRST Here’s a first look at the UK cover for Jo Nesbo’s new Harry Hole thriller, THE THIRST, which marks the return of the Oslo detective as he is drawn back into the police force when a serial killer begins targeting internet daters. THE THIRST will be available to buy worldwide in English on 20 April 2017 and you can pre-order your copy now More exciting news about THE THIRST will be revealed in the New Year with exclusive chapter previews, behind the scenes videos from Jo, competitions to win the book and lots more on Jo’s Facebook page . Watch this space! From The Hollywood Reporter: Big Number: 30 million books sold worldwide. Harry Hole, the best-known creation of Norway’s most popular novelist, is getting a high-profile film debut, with Michael Fassbender playing the detective in October 2017’s The Snowman.

If the movie is a hit, it could launch a franchise (Nesbo, 56, has 11 Harry Hole novels in the series). Also in development is The Son, a stand-alone novel, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached. And earlier this year, the Nesbo-created TV seriesOccupied, imagining if the Russians invaded Norway, debuted in that country (where it was the most expensive series in history) and on Netflix to strong reviews. Read more: A guide to Harry Hole » CRIME FICTION LOVER Crime Fiction Lover Features A guide to Harry Hole A guide to Harry Hole March 9, 2013 Permalink In some ways, the appeal of the Harry Hole stories is easy to pin down. Like so many modern detectives he’s got a few flaws. For a start, he’s a recovering alcoholic who often grabs a bottle when things get tough. Drunk or sober, he’s disorganised, and isn’t a particularly reliable boyfriend. But he displays many qualities too and never wants to let friends or colleagues down. He’s also an extremely determined detective who won’t let go and won’t stop until he gets his man.

If it means sacrificing his job, or any hope of a stable personal life, so be it. Harry Hole detests corruption, and he’s no fan of inequality either. Tall, lanky and with light blue eyes, readers have come to recognise his haphazard approach which often leaves him worn down, at his wit’s end, and in need of a bath. Yet behind that there’s a remarkable ability to multi-task as he negotiates the various players, leads, and far-flung locations in a case. Sometimes he juggles various aspects of a case alongside a love interest, and his personal and professional lives are mangled together. In the early books, he’s protected by his friend and superior in the Oslo police, Bjarne Møller, despite his madcap investigative style. But later on he comes into a lot of conflict with his boss. Maybe the best thing about reading Harry Hole is Jo Nesbo’s writing (pictured right). At his most fluent, the narrative takes on a dreamlike quality as Hole rushes through the investigation blurring fact and feeling. It becomes like a stream of consciousness and Hole seems to glide through life, while at the same time catching all of its sharp edges.

He may or may not feel the pain, but eventually he comes up with the information required to solve a case. Nesbo plays with interesting aspects of history – Norway’s, Australia’s, Yugoslavia’s, even that of the gypsies – to give his stories greater depth and plenty of texture. However, he’s also a master of structured plotting and loves to engineer detailed set-pieces. There’s a theatre scene in The Bat that will have you holding your head in wonder, as someone in the story loses theirs. And, the concluding chapters of The Devil’s Star, Redeemer and Phantom will leave you stunned. Nesbo isn’t the rising star of Scandinavian crime fiction any longer: he has the leading role! Because the series has been released in a fractured sequence in English, and because a great many readers now believe that Harry Hole is dead, we decided to put together a guide to the character and the books he appears in. We hope you enjoy it – do add your own comments below. The Bat The series starts in the most un-Nordic location possible as Harry Hole lands in Sydney, Australia. He’s there at the request of the Australian police, who are investigating the murder of Norwegian TV presenter Inger Holter.

Her body, beaten and raped, has been recovered from the sea beneath a cliff. They don’t really want Hole’s help. His presence is merely to allay worries that Scandinavian tourism will dry up with the negative press. Working with Andrew Kensington, an Aboriginal member of the Sydney homicide team, Hole wades right in, making friends and enemies in the Bohemian quarter of Sydney where Inger worked. He and Kensington chase down some leads that take them into the Outback looking for a drug dealer, and we get a perspective on the Aboriginal experience. Perhaps because of its non-Norwegian setting, The Bat was only released in October 2012, after seven other Harry Hole thrillers had already appeared in English. Read our review here . Buy now on Amazon Cockroaches When we originally wrote this guide to Harry Hole, Cockroaches hadn’t been translated into English, but it eventually arrived in November 2012 and what you’re reading now is an update to this post.

Hole has been drinking and trying to deal with what happened in Sydney, and he’s also angry about the rape of his sister, when his boss Bjarne Møller scrapes him off a barstool and puts him on the next plane to Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador there has been murdered in compromising circumstances – they found him lying face down in a brothel with a knife in his back. Strangely, the old Buddhist dagger has reindeer oil on it. Partnered with an American cop who works for the Bangkok police, Liz Crumley, Harry Hole investigates both Norwegian expats and some very dangerous locals whom the ambassador owed money. The novel works at a slightly more sedate and thoughtful pace than some of the others in the series, though the killer does eventually manage to drag Hole down into the dark depths. The ending’s frentic, angry and crazy. Cockroaches was originally published in Norway in 1998. Buy now on Amazon The Redbreast For English readers, The Redbreast is the second de facto Harry Hole novel.

Appearing in 2006, it’s the first in Nesbo’s Oslo Trilogy, but came out a year after the third in the trilogy, The Devil’s Star. Confusing, huh? Well now you can buy all three books as a bundle on Amazon . The Redbreast opens with Hole on a routine stake-out during which he makes a split-second decision about a possible sniper – one which ends in disaster. So he’s ‘promoted’ to a quieter department, and becomes involved in a murder case which has roots 60 years earlier in World War II. The historical era of Norwegian-Nazi collaboration serves as both the backdrop for the killer’s motivations and the locus for the present investigation. Using frequent flashbacks, Nesbo deftly unravels past and present simultaneously. This case involves old diaries, a sniper rifle, a few Neo-Nazis, and enough red herrings to leave you guessing til the end. Buy now on Amazon Nemesis Book two in the Oslo Trilogy takes place two years after The Redbreast and Hole is called to the scene of a bank robbery that’s gone south.

The culprit has gunned down a bank teller in cold blood and all Hole has to go on is some grainy CCTV footage. Here Nesbo introduces Beate Lønn, a shy but brilliant member of the Robbery Unit who has a rare genetic condition: she never forgets a face. While scrutinising the video alongside Harry, she slowly comes out of her shell. Harry’s new girlfriend Rakel is in Russia seeking custody of her son, and Hole gets a call from an old girlfriend. After a night-cap and night of passion, he can’t remember what happened or even how he got home. However, his old flame is found with a bullet through her head. As with other books in the series, he’s being played by a nemesis – maybe it’s Detective Waaler. Nesbo also brings in a gypsy character along with lots of background on Romany gypsies. Buy now on Amazon The Devil’s Star Though it was the fifth Harry Hole book for Norwegian readers, The Devil’s Star was the first one translated for the English-speaking world. It’s a good introduction to the character and to Nesbo’s well-paced, tightly structured style, not to mention his dark sense of humour and taste for the outrageous.

Hole and his team are investigating an unusual murder – the victim is missing a finger and under the eyelid they find a tiny, star-shaped red diamond. As new victims begin to surface, each with the same calling card, but a different digit missing, Hole is forced to team up with Waaler, whom he suspects is guilty of a long list of crimes – murdering Hole’s partner, running covert arms, and far-reaching corruption. Hole is off the wagon, working in an alcohol-fueled daze and clinging to Rakel and her son Oleg, with whom he has formed a bond. Watch for the pulse-pounding finale – another fine set-piece from Nesbo. Buy now on Amazon The Redeemer This one first appeared in Norwegian in 2005, but was published in English in 2009. Work has become a bit of a battlefield for Harry Hole with Bjarne Møller’s retirement at the end of the previous book – he doesn’t get along well with his new senior inspector.

You’ll have noticed that Nesbo likes to have tendrils of his plotlines reaching into the past and The Redeemer begins with the rape of a teenage girl back in 1991, at a Salvation Army youth camp. She keeps quiet about it, not wanting to damage her father’s reputation as he’s high up in the organisation. Further flashbacks in the book take us to the break-up of Yugoslavia, with Serb militias going on a violent rampage in Vukovar. A Croat survivor of this, now a hitman, turns up in Oslo and kills a Salvation Army officer. Harry Hole, Jack Halvorsen and Beate Lønn must investigate the case. At this stage Rakel has left him and has a new boyfriend. Nesbo concludes the book with Harry Hole facing two killers and a moral conundrum. Buy now on Amazon The Snowman Creepier than ever before, this Harry Hole novel has quite a horror feel to it – the killer takes a woman and leaves behind a snowman. A snowman with a hideous grin, the victim’s scarf around its neck, and pebble eyes that stare at her little boy who’s waiting for her inside the house.

Another woman disappears and Harry Hole works alongside Katrine Bratt another detective who, like Harry Hole, has a complex past. The plot is complex too and sees them connecting other missing persons cases to the snowman murders, and an all-too-perfect television host who has interviewed Harry Hole becomes a chief suspect. When it comes down to it the killer is closer to Hole, and ex-girlfriend Rakel, than anyone at first realised and our hero finds himself in a race against time to save her. In one action scene, Hole loses the tip of one of his fingers. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Martin Scorcese is directing a film version of The Snowman. Buy now on Amazon The Leopard Harry Hole has been living in Hong Kong but returns to Norway at the request of Kaja Solness, a Crime Squad officer back in Oslo. It’s believed a serial killer is on the loose and when a female MP is killed, Hole teams up with the police to help solve the murder. All three victims are connected by the same ski lodge and the police attempt to use another member as bait for the killer. It goes wrong, however, and the killer escapes to the Congo.

Hole and Solness follow and face grave dangers in Africa where they are captured, and the action takes them to the very edge of a volcano. The book contains many personal reflections for Harry Hole. During the story his father passes away, he meets once again with The Snowman of the previous novel, and seems to affirm that Rakel is the one love of his life. Buy now on Amazon Phantom Translated into English in 2012, Phantom sees Harry Hole returning to Oslo after three years in Hong Kong. His aim is to try and exonerate Oleg, ex-flame Rakel’s son, a boy to whom Harry Hole has been a father figure on and off during the series. Now an unruly teenager, Oleg has been living in a squat and is accused of killing a junkie. As the case unfolds it looks like Hole can get Oleg off the hook, but the boy has been dealing drugs. This brings Hole into contact with an organised, determined and innovative Russian outfit which is selling a powerful heroin substitute and seems to have influence within the police force. A sub-plot involves a drug-smuggling airline pilot.

Every so often, Hole encounters an elderly man who drifts onto the scene and offers him help and advice – what does this strange phantom character know about Oleg? We’ve talked about Nesbo’s set-pieces before but Phantom’s ending really hits you like a brick in the face. It’s had many a reader typing ‘ is Harry Hole dead ?’ into Google. Read our review here . Buy now on Amazon Police When we first wrote this article, Police hadn’t been released yet, so this section has been updated. In this novel, you get to find out exactly what happened to Harry Hole after Phantom’s dramatic ending. It opens with a patient in hospital in a coma. He’s gradually recovering but we don’t know who he is. Meanwhile, Gunnar Hagen and his team of investigators are baffled by a series of murders that is taking place in Oslo. Someone is luring members of the force to the scenes of unsolved crimes, and then killing them in the same manner as the victim of the original crime. Both the Crime Squad and new chief of police Mikael Bellman seem out of their depth – but if Hole joins the investigation perhaps there will be a breakthrough.

This novel sees some real changes in Hole and his motivations, and also looks closely at the meaning of justice. When he eventually joins the hunt for the killer there are two questions. Firstly, how will they catch this brutal assassin? Second, how will diving into a gritty case affect both Hole and his relationships with Rakel and Oleg? You can read our review of Police here . The Thirst When we interviewed Jo Nesbo , he was ambivalent about whether or not there will be another Harry Hole novel after Police, but we had a sneaky suspicion that the Oslo detective would be back… and we were right because the 11th book in the series was announced in September 2016, with a launch date of 4 May 2017. In this book, another serial killer is working in the city and they’re targeting people using the online dating service, Tinder. The MO reminds Harry of a nemesis from his past, so there could be a score to settle as well for the unorthodox detective. Thank-you to Jeremy Megraw for his help with this article. For more Norwegian crime fiction, see our guild to Karin Fossum’s Inspector Sejer series here .

Harry Hole Series Audiobooks | UNABRIDGED Series | Audible.com View full details > Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The Snowman tried to take everything he held dear, he went to Australia. Harry Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl who was working in a bar. Initially sidelined as an outsider, Harry becomes central to the Australian police investigation when they start to notice a number of unsolved rape and murder cases around the country. The victims were usually young blondes. Inger had a number of admirers, each with his own share of secrets, but there is no obvious suspect. Not as good as the others.... I’ve read several books in the Harry Hole series, and so I was interested in finally reading this, the first in the series. I was always curious as to.. Show More » why it hadn’t yet been translated into English. Perhaps the reason it took so long to bring this to the English speaking public is because it’s not as good as his other books?

I might not have wanted to continue the series if I’d started with this book, BUT since I’d become acquainted with Harry Hole, I wanted to know more about his history and his beginnings. I did get to know a lot more about him and why his personality is as dark as it is. I didn’t think the plot was as exciting or as good as the other books I’ve read by Nesbo. I also wasn’t very interested in all the philosophical asides that he threw in. A couple of them were interesting, but I started to get tired of them, and they started to seem like filler. Wow, I just looked and there are quite a few I’d need to read to get to the one I started with, The Snowman. Also, it looks like #2 in the series, The Cockroaches, still hasn’t been translated. I’ll take a break from Harry Hole and see if #2 comes around in English, and then perhaps I’ll try again. Hopefully, Nesbo gets better with each book! *************** • In The Bat (1997), Hole is sent to Sydney, Australia to investigate the murder of a B-list celebrity.

• In The Cockroaches (1998), Hole is sent to Thailand to investigate the murder of the Norwegian ambassador. • In The Redbreast (2000), Hole is promoted to inspector in the Oslo Police District and tracks an insane assassin with a vendetta against the Norwegian Royal Family. • In Nemesis (2002), Hole investigates a fatal bank robbery and becomes implicated in the apparent murder of an ex-girlfriend. • In The Devil's Star (2003), Hole suspects another detective, Tom Waaler, of being a murderous arms smuggler responsible for the death of Hole's former partner. • In The Redeemer (2005), Hole is on the trail of a Croat hitman who kills a Salvation Army officer during a Christmas street concert. • In The Snowman (2007), Hole struggles to identify Norway's first serial killer. • In The Leopard (2009), Hole returns from a self-imposed exile in Hong Kong and unofficially investigates a serial killer. • In Phantom (2011), Hole again returns from Hong Kong to look into a murder apparently committed by his would-be son, Oleg. His investigation draws him into Oslo's drug scene.

Reviewed on July 10 2013 by KP (Oakland, CA) 2 View full details > Harry is on a special mission. Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It’s clear that the Ambassador’s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk.He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal. When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. Retrospective Returning to an earlier time has its advantages and its disadvantages. On the upside, you know the characters well (perhaps better than the author wou.. Show More » ld have intended). On the downside, the story is not as fresh because you have read hints of it before and the plot lines are a little less mature (from a developmental perspective). Both of these attributes were apparent to me in this listening. Overall, I felt the book suffered as a result and if I'd had the opportunity to read it in sequence I would have been less critical and more comfortable with the plot. As it was, I thought the plot was a bit too obvious.

I picked the villian very early and the false scents were not enough to throw me off the trail. The last Nesbo I listened to before this one was less obvious, I feel sure. Of course, Harry is more advanced as a character now too, so this was a throwback to a troubled soul at the beginning of a path toward redemption. By now I am very comfortable with Sean Barret's characterisation. There can be no other Hole for me. I am an official convert! I'm pleased I listened to this title, at least so I have all the pieces to date. I am looking forward to re-visiting a slightly more mature and maturing Harry in future installments. No doubt there will be falls from Grace, but Harry is a good metaphor for human fraility. It will be like renewing contact will an old friend. I'm hoping. Reviewed on February 28 2014 by Ian C Robertson (South Australia, Australia) View full details > When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder.

There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or, put another way, for every cockroach you see in your hotel room, there are hundreds behind the walls. The Rest of the Harry Hole Series is Excellent! If you read reviews of any of the other books in the Harry Hole series, you will notice that Jo Nesbo is held in the highest esteem from listeners of .. Show More » thriller / mystery audio books. There are parts of this 2nd book in the series that are not great, but I never wanted to stop listening and found parts of it enjoyable. Here are some of my thoughts regarding this book: 1) The story was written with very short chapters so that you sometimes got lost with the changing scenery and people. I had to listen to several sections over again. Nesbo's plots are always complex so you had to constantly concentrate while listening. 2) If you try to read the books in some sort of order, you will realize that Nesbo's writing improves dramatically after this 2nd book.I also enjoyed the first book, but it probably got lots of editing and re-work since he was a new author.

3) The narrator, John Lee, was not a great choice for this book. His voice for Harry was acceptable, but his accent and voice for every other character was so affected that it could drive you nuts. In the end though, there was some interesting scenes and the descriptions of Thailand were good. Give Harry Hole and Jo Nesbo another try. My favorite is "The Snowman." Reviewed on February 27 2014 by L. O. Pardue (Atlanta, GA United States) 3 View full details > Harry Hole, drunkard, loner and brilliant detective is reassigned to surveillance after a high profile mistake. He’s bored by his new job until a report of a rare and unusual gun being fired sparks his interest because of its possible links to Neo Nazi activity. Then a former soldier is found with his throat cut. Next Harry’s former partner is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night her head was smashed in? Good Harry Hole Book I enjoyed listening to this book although the plot was bit predicable. The way the charaters were intertwined made for interesting listening. Sean Bar.. Show More » rett did a fine job narrating.

Reviewed on February 13 2012 by Lia (Sutton, Australia) View full details > It is 1944: Daniel, a soldier, legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the Russian front, is killed. Two years later, a wounded soldier wakes up in a Vienna hospital. He becomes involved with a young nurse, the consequences of which will ripple forward to the turn of the next century. In 1999, Harry Hole, alone again after having caused an embarrassment in the line of duty, has been promoted to inspector and is lumbered with surveillance duties. He is assigned the task of monitoring neo-Nazi activities.... Different For Nesbo, But Still Great If you're like me then you found this book because you read the Snowman, loved it, and decided to read the whole series. And then, like me, this revie.. Show More » w is meaningless to you. You will buy it, without finishing the review, you will listen to it. You will love it. And then you'll buy the next one. So let me validate that decision. Do it. Buy the book. Buy the series. You'll LOVE it.

There, glad that's over with. The rest of you, then, have not read any of the Harry Hole series and have found that while there were two written before the Redbreast, this is the first on Audible. So you're wondering if, given the series' incomplete nature, it's worth reading. I'm glad you asked! YES, YES, YES, YES. It's worth it. This is an amazing series that only gets better with time. In essence, the series is about a middle aged detective named Harry Hole who is lonely, sad and a recovering alcoholic. Not many people like him, but - as you would expect from a detective series - he's wonderful at his job. He better be, he has nothing else in his life. This book finds him involved with neo-natzis, brutal murders and a sad history with Norwegian solders who fought on the wrong side in WWII. We bounce through time as a tale of dispair and modern day aggression takes hold of your throat. And it doesn't let go. As I said when i reviewed the Snowman. This series doesn't try and re-invent the wheel (a brilliant but disturbed detective, a series of murders, an investigation in the proverbial heart of darkness).

You've seen this stuff before. What Jo Nesbo does is take these cliches and does them better, with more intelligence and more humanity and more depth than you've ever seen before. It's a wonderful series. And it begins here. So you might as well get started. Reviewed on June 03 2012 by Joe (Kansas City, MO, United States) 4 View full details > Grainy CCTV footage shows a man walking into a bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn’t get his money in time, she is executed. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case. While Harry’s girlfriend is away in Russia, an old flame gets in touch. He goes to dinner at her house and wakes up at home with no memory of the past twelve hours. The same morning the girl is found shot dead in her bed. Then Harry begins to receive threatening e-mails. Jo Nesbo at his best In the tradition of the great European crime novels like "The Laughing Policeman", "Smilla's Sense of Snow" and Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series, N..

Show More » esbo continues with his Harry Hole novels in this terrific new entry. Hole, struggling with his alcoholism as well as his new love relationship and the death of his partner, finds himself caught up in trying to solve a murderous bank robbery while trying to convince his superiors that his partner's death is - contrary to their belief - still unsolved and that he should be allowed to pursue an investigation into it. This is a compelling entry in the series, with rich characterizations and impeccable plotting. Reviewed on October 08 2012 by Lia (Sutton, Australia) View full details > Captured on closed-circuit television: A man walks into an Oslo bank, puts a gun to a cashier’s head, and tells her to count to 25. When he doesn’t get his money fast enough, he pulls the trigger. The young woman dies—and two million Norwegian kroner disappear without a trace. What a difference a narrator makes Couldn't listen to the narrator after five minutes. And I've just listened to three other Nesbo books in the Harry Hole series in the last two weeks. .. Show More » It's the narrator...who is markedly less effective in reading this Norwegian novel translation than Robin Sachs.

Perhaps he can read a western...dunno...but this book is way out of his skill set. So disappointing that Nesbo and Audible ought to bite the bullet and pay Robin Sachs to redo this version...I bought the book...I'm reading it on my Iphone Kindle app... Reviewed on August 03 2011 by Richard (Boston, MA, United States) 5 View full details > young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star – a pentagram, the devil’s star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work. A wave of similar murders is on the horizon. An emerging pattern suggests that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands.... Graphic Thirller Harry Hole, am I getting sick of that once handsome, now sort of ragged-around-the-edges, often drunken detective on the Norwegian Police force? I am ..

Show More » perhaps feeling a bit impatient with Harry but my interest has not flagged. He is so flawed. How can Harry be so brilliant and so self-destructive? Every little setback sends him back to the bottle and that’s where we find him at the beginning of The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø. Harry knows now that fellow police officer Tom Waaler is not the upstanding, stable and well-organized detective he pretends to be. Tom and Harry are at the same level on the police force. Tom has plans to advance. Harry has plans to get through the day. Tom would never experience the strong emotions which tear at Harry. He is no tortured soul. I know Harry believes that Tom Waaler is a crooked cop and that he was involved in the death of Harry’s former partner, Ellen, but I don’t think Harry really realizes how cold-blooded the man who thinks of himself as The Prince is. Harry has no idea how he will prove what he suspects about Tom and luck is not with him until a series of “ritual” murders leads him to the Prague connection from whence come the red diamond pieces of jewelry shaped like 5-pointed stars (devil’s stars or pentagrams).

Can you guess who the serial killer is before Harry finally figures it out. It is, as usual, a toughie. What connects Tom Waaler with the serial killer? Is there a connection? Is Tom the killer? This tale is not for the fastidious. Nesbø gives us the most graphic and grisly details found in any of his novels so far. Forensics may be elegant in that it solves murders with science, but the evidence that must be analyzed is frequently made up of the bodily substances we avoid contact with; forensic explorations are often disgusting and not for the squeamish. Of course, murder is also not for the squeamish. My brain enjoyed this episode in the Harry Hole saga, even if I felt inspired to utter the occasional “gross” or “yuck” about any number of the unpalatable details found in this particular Harry Hole adventure. If The Devil’s Star were made into a movie I would have my eyes covered through a few of the most memorable scenes. When all is said and done and the serial killer is caught and Tom “The Prince” Waaler, who may or may not be the serial killer, is dealt with, the novel ends with an interesting twist and a happy surprise.

Sean Barrett was outstanding with the delivery of the story Reviewed on October 09 2014 by Lia (Sutton, Australia) View full details > A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the devil’s star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work. A wave of similar murders is on the horizon.... New Steig Larsson? Hah! The new Raymond Chandler! Dynamite outing by Nesbo. I would call it a page-turner if there were pages. Captivating, fun and with the usual Nesbo twists and turns. It will speed.. Show More » your commute, ease the pain of your workout, or provide a not-so-soothing time alone with a peculiar evil.

Reviewed on December 12 2011 by Amazon Customer (Arlington, VA, United States) 6 View full details > One freezing night in Oslo Christmas shoppers gather to listen to a Salvation Army street concert. An explosion cuts through the music, and a man in uniform falls to the ground, shot in the head at point-blank range.Harry Hole and his team have little to work with: no immediate suspect, no weapon and no motive. But when the assassin discovers he has shot the wrong man, Harry Hole’s troubles have only just begun. Another Good Jo Nesbo Book This was my third Nesbo novel and, on balance, I enjoyed it the most. The "Prince" was never quite believable to me but the action was the strength of.. Show More » these first reads. Redeemer is equally action packed and gets 4 stars because of a writing technique that is clever but tittitating. Chapters begin with a seeming continuation of the prior chapter only to be jolted later by discovering that Nesbo has changed character on the reader without the use of a proper noun or other identifying trait to signal the switch. Corruption is everywhere in this book.

We find corruption in the business world and the police department, which is usual, but now we find it in the Salvation Army!!! The ending expands the circle of corruption to an icon of respectability in Nesbo's world. And the shadow of corruption now appears on Harry's path. Did Harry do the right thing? Reviewed on February 19 2013 by Lia (Sutton, Australia) View full details > Christmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street. An explosion cuts through the music and the bitter cold: One of the singers falls dead, shot in the head at point-blank range. Harry Hole - the Oslo Police Department’s best investigator and worst civil servant - has little to work with: no suspect, no weapon, and no motive. But Harry’s troubles will multiply. As the search closes in, the killer becomes increasingly desperate, and Harry’s chase takes him to the most forbidden corners of the former Yugoslavia. Yet it’s when he returns to Oslo that he encounters true darkness.... Love Harry Hole, RIP Robin Sachs :( I love this book-- classic HH, with a thoughtful plot that takes place, as usual, between several countries. I was deeply saddened to hear the short t..

Show More » ribute to Robin Sachs at the beginning, who passed away earlier this year. His beautiful narration was my favorite part of the previous audio HH books, but John Lee does an excellent job with the reading. It actually brought a tear to my eye-- when you fall in love with a series and the narrator, losing them is like losing an old friend. I gave the story four instead of five stars, only because this book seems a bit more expositional and features Harry's friends and family less. One thing I've grown to love about these books is the wonderful supporting cast of characters. It's always fun to hear about Harry's relationships with his colleagues, and this installation in the series didn't have much of that. However, it's still very strong, a bit different than the other books, and minus the presence of Raquel and Oleg (they do make very minor appearances, emphasis on minor). It's also the first book with Gunnar Hagen as Harry's boss, and some of the playful interchanges between Harry and his old boss aren't there simply because his old boss has left Oslo. I missed more of those character moments. They are present in the book, but in much shorter supply than in previous and later HH stories.

However, the same attention to multi-faceted characters is still very much alive in the writing of this story-- it's just applied to new characters, the Salvation Army contingent, Harry's new love interest, and the unstoppable hitman. Reviewed on June 06 2013 by Private (Los Angeles, CA, United States) 7 View full details > Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother’s pink scarf. Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he’s received and the disappearance of Jonas’s mother - and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn.... many layered thriller Excellent story telling. Great narration. I love Michael Connelly's books, and his reccomendation of this author contributed to my decision to buy The.. Show More » Snowman. The story is complicated - full of twists and unexpected turns.

Characters have a lot of depth. I'll listen to more Jo Nesbo. Reviewed on May 20 2011 by Anita (Riegelsville, PA, United States) View full details > The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother’s pink scarf.Inspector Harry Hole is convinced there is a link between the disappearance and a menacing letter he received some months earlier. Gripping - Practically a horror novel Certainly a gripping, can't-put-it-down, finish-it-in-the-wee-hours book, but it's also almost a horror story. One more gruesome killing of a terrifie.. Show More » d woman, one more child with evil seething around him, and one more bout of Harry's horrific lapses into booze, and I'd have to put this one down as horror rather than mystery or crime. But the character development, the plotting, the pacing and the building of tension are all absolutely professional and highly impressive.

On the down side, there are a few unnecessary clichés: the relatively incompetent and sexist underling male cop who looks askance at the new and more competent female cop. Has that one not been done enough yet? (Mind you, maybe it was still somewhat fresh back when the novel was originally penned!) And Harry's battle with booze. I am so tired of cops and detectives with a drinking problem. The only thing different about Harry's drinking is that it's horrible to read about - that one scene where he's already drunk and then goes home, opens a bottle of hard stuff and starts just draining it practically made me ill. But these are quibbles, really. I'll be reading more about Harry soon, I'm sure, since I've pretty much exhausted P. D. James, John le Carré and Stieg Larsson. On the unbelievability index, it rates about a 7 out of 10, especially toward the end, wehere things get a tad out of control, but that's about par for the course in cop/thriller/whodunnits, so no surprises there.

Sean Barraett outstanding with the delivery of the story Reviewed on June 27 2014 by Lia (Sutton, Australia) 8 View full details > In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four inexplicable puncture wounds, both drowned in their own blood. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media is reaching fever pitch, and the police are running out of options. There is only one man who can help them, and he doesn’t want to be found. Exciting and captivating Jo Nesbo's 'The Leopard' was exceptional. An excellent story, and performance by Sean Barrett as usual. It is the first Harry Hole book I have listene.. Show More » d too and I am going to get the entire series. It had many twists and turns in the plot which I really liked. This has been the first auidobook to cause me to feel squeamish while listening to some of the 'darker' events in the book. I loved it!!

Reviewed on January 19 2012 by Lia (Sutton, Australia) View full details > Two young women are found murdered in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer? The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the one man who might be able to help doesn't want to be found. Traumatized by his last case, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong's opium dens. Yet when he is compelled, at last, to return to Norway - his father is dying - Harry's buried instincts begin to take over. Then a female MP is discovered brutally murdered. A Tough Listen, an Irresistible Series I've listened to every available Jo Nesbo Harry Hole book. Each one seems to get more violent and harder to listen to, yet they keep me hooked. The pl.. Show More » ots are intricate and twisted. Mistakes are made. But I want Harry to be happy, and it seems that he suffers more emotionally and physically with each book.

The author is literally dismatling Harry by bits--a finger in the Snowman, his jaw in the Leopard. A brilliant, flawed and doomed hero. How can you resist that? I hope the books currently unavailable in the US are soon translated; I want to know what happens in between those now available and in the beginning. I'll keep coming back as long as the books keep coming over. Reviewed on January 09 2012 by Glenna (Alexandria, VA, United States) 9 View full details > When Harry left Oslo again for Hong Kong - fleeing the traumas of life as a cop - he thought he was there for good. But then the unthinkable happened. The son of the woman he loved, lost, and still loves is arrested for murder: Oleg, the boy Harry helped raise but couldn't help deserting when he fled. Harry has come back to prove that Oleg is not a killer. Barred from rejoining the police force, he sets out on a solitary, increasingly dangerous investigation that takes him deep into the world of the most virulent drug to ever hit the streets. Jo Nesbo hates Harry Hole What has happened to our "hero" Harry Hole?

Never a matinee idol, a current description of Harry is starting to sound like an introduction to a monst.. Show More » er. A towering 6'4"' Harry's face now has more scars than a plastic surgery ward. And when I first started listening in on the Hole saga, there was humorous cultural commentary woven throughout the unfolding story. Lately following Harry is a dark, sometimes tedious, journey into the worst of human nature with no comic relief. Harry is constantly physically attacked, piling on more scar tissue as he goes. You can just imagine Nesbo wreaking his revenge on his signature character and defining a love - hate relationship. And at the end of this book, you may wonder if we have seen the last of our old pal Harry. Certainly, it seems, any chance he ever had of personal happiness is doomed. I don't know if I will tune into his next chapter. Jo Nesbo, lighten up and show your guy Harry a little love! Reviewed on November 06 2012 by Fran Murphy (Kensington, MD USA) View full details > The police urgently need Harry Hole…. A killer is stalking Oslo's streets.

Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help.... For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless people. But now, with those he loves most facing terrible danger, Harry is not in a position to protect anyone. Least of all himself... Simply the Best Detective Series In any Language If this isn't your first Harry Hole novel, all you really need to know that Police is every bit as good as Snowman, The Bat and Devil's Star. And it's.. Show More » read by the best British narrator, john Lee. If you've never listened to a book by Jo Nesbo, now is the time to start. It's the best in its genre including all the great American and British works. The police work is gritty, meticulous, competitive and brilliant. The story is simply magnificent. It's mystery is unique and, well, mysterious. Sometimes I hate reviewing books because I simply cannot devote the time to do it justice. Do yourself a favor and listen to Police.

Reviewed on October 26 2013 by Charles Atkinson (Greensboro, NC, United States) View full details > The police urgently need Harry Hole. A killer is stalking Oslo’s streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated, but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can’t help anyone. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the centre of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless people. But now, with those he loves most facing terrible danger, Harry can’t protect anyone. Least of all himself. Say it ain't so Jo The end of the Harry Hole series? What a way to go out! Jo Nesbø wraps up many things and, of course, leaves some things intriguingly unwrap.. Show More » ped. The story is wonderfully complex, and filled with old and new characters. This is definitely a driveway book (one where you stop in your driveway and keep listening until you find an acceptable place to pause the book and go inside).

Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett, and Sean Barett have again united to keep me glued to my Audbile iPhone! Reviewed on October 08 2013 by Joseph (Australia) 11 Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series: A new chapter planned for the Norwegian detective? | Books | Entertainment | Daily Express 23:04, Mon, May 19, 2014 Jo Nesbo is the king of violent Nordic Noir fiction [GETTY] From his home office window, Jo Nesbo has a stunning view across Oslo, the Norwegian city where his dark and compelling Harry Hole series is set, but it fails to inspire that vivid imagination that has captivated millions of readers across the globe and triggered a Hollywood scramble for film rights. Instead, when a hectic schedule promoting his books around the world leaves him with a few spare hours, he prefers to write in hotel lobbies or airport lounges. That’s when making up stories feels like fun and not work. “When you are in an airport, you don’t have to write.

Most people would just sit and read the paper or a book and wait for the plane so I guess it feels like a bonus that I get to wait for the plane and write at the same time. “I just like feeling that writing is not work, it’s a privilege. It’s what you did as a child, if you were bored and sitting in the back seat of a car with your parents, you would look out and just come up with a story about the people in the house you just passed.” Today, that aforementioned hectic schedule has brought Nesbo, 54, to a West End hotel, where he drapes his lithe frame across a chair in the restaurant. As a teenager in Norway, he was a premiership footballer before his career was cut short by a knee injury. He then studied business administration because he “did not know what else he wanted to be” and worked as a stockbroker, while writing song lyrics for friends’ bands in his spare time. To escape the day job, Nesbo became the singer and songwriter for chart-topping Norwegian rock band Di Derre. Their second album went to number one and he still tours with them.

These days, he uses an eclectic mix of bluegrass music, jazz and Eighties and Nineties indie groups Echo And The Bunnymen and Supergrass to create the right atmosphere for writing, saying: “I think it’s easier to concentrate if there is not silence around you. I use music to shut everything else out.” Nesbo was 37 when he first tried his hand at writing a book and he instantly felt he had found what he was supposed to be doing with his life. The result was the first Harry Hole book, The Bat, about an Oslo detective who battles police corruption and serial killers while trying to keep his alcoholism under control. The series is now 10 books strong. Nesbo’s books have been translated into 40 languages and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Related articles Will DCI Barnaby do well in Denmark? The last two books in the series, Phantom and Police, were a double-header seen as the end of the epic series. However Nesbo gave the Sunday Express his strongest hint to date that the tortured detective will return for more stories.

“I knew all along when writing Phantom that it was not going to be the end but that it would seem like it was the end and that is just playing with the nature of a series. “I do have the story that I planned that I wrote for Harry, that is not finished yet but on the other hand I need breaks from Harry, as it’s a dark and mentally tough universe to spend too much time in. “I realised after Police that it could be the last book in the series and although, if I ended there I would not have written all the stories I had in mind for Harry, it would not be a bad end to the series. I just like feeling that writing is not work, it’s a privilege Jo Nesbo “I am just giving myself that possibility so that I feel I could leave it there but normally what happens is some time will pass and I will feel that I want to hang out with Harry again, so that is probably what will happen.” In breaks from Harry Hole, Nesbo has also written four Doctor Proctor children’s books about a crazy professor and his friends, which have been compared to Roald Dahl’s stories.

He started writing these books to amuse his daughter Selma, who was seven when the series started in 2007, but he then found the funny tales were a way of escaping the dark places he goes to when writing the Harry Hole stories. Nesbo has also written two stand-alone books, Headhunters, which was made into a Bafta-nominated foreign language film, and The Son, which was published last month and immediately topped bestseller lists. Hollywood studio Warner Bros has acquired the film rights to The Son, with actor Channing Tatum reportedly keen on producing and starring in it. The same studio has acquired the rights to the Tom Johansen trilogy that Nesbo is currently writing, set to be published in the UK next spring, with Leonardo DiCaprio linked to the lead role in the first book Blood On Snow. The clamour to secure film rights to Nesbo’s books was sparked by him allowing The Snowman, the seventh Harry Hole story, to be made into a film. He says: “I turned down offers for a long time because, as long as I was writing the Harry Hole stories, I did not want them to become a TV series or movies.

“When I turned down the offers they said, ‘Are you always going to say no?’ I replied, ‘Well, yes, unless Martin Scorsese calls,’ and in the end that was more or less what happened. He is not going to direct it but he is going to be a producer on the project so I’m really excited about that.” Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, who took the helm of critically acclaimed spy drama Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, will direct The Snowman, with The Killing creator Soren Sveistrup writing the screenplay. Nesbo has also been commissioned to write a crime noir novel of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, to be published in early 2016, which he says will be about the fight to be the next chief of police in a corrupted city in the Seventies that’s a cross between Glasgow and Oslo. Filming is also underway of his first TV series, Occupied, which sees Norway invaded by Russia. Faced with such a volume of work, most people might be tempted to take a break but not Nesbo: “I don’t need to take a break from writing, sometimes I feel I need to take a break from touring but not writing.

“Bruce Springsteen has a great line in one of his songs saying, ‘I have been paid a king’s ransom for doing what comes naturally’ and I think that is exactly how I feel.” Most read in Books Jo Nesbo's Fiction Explores Oslo's Jagged Edges : NPR Jo Nesbo's Fiction Explores Oslo's Jagged Edges Embed Embed Jo Nesbo's Fiction Explores Oslo's Jagged Edges Jo Nesbo's Fiction Explores Oslo's Jagged Edges Embed Embed Crime novelist Jo Nesbo says despite Oslo's well-kept streets and sharply dressed residents, the city has a dark and seedy side. Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images The sun descends reluctantly over Norway's waterside capital, but novelist Jo Nesbo is determined to show Oslo's dark side, to convince me the real city, in parts, is as dirty, twisted and seedy as his own fictional version. It's a tough sell in this city of bike helmets, clean streets and smiling blond people. The author has written nine successful novels about the reckless Oslo police detective Harry Hole, a nonconformist with a mercurial mind.

Hole's most meaningful relationship is with bourbon, by the bottle. Booze is the detective's Achilles heel: He reaches for solace by the drop but often it just makes him more miserable. The real-life residents of No. 5 Sofie's Gate have paid homage to Nesbo's fictional detective by putting Harry Hole's name on the doorbell. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption toggle caption Eric Westervelt/NPR The real-life residents of No. 5 Sofie's Gate have paid homage to Nesbo's fictional detective by putting Harry Hole's name on the doorbell. Eric Westervelt/NPR Nesbo takes me to No. 5 Sophie's Gate in the hilly, cobblestone street neighborhood of Bislett. This is Harry Hole's fictional address. Yet Nesbo appears genuinely surprised to discover the real-life occupants have put Harry Hole's name on the doorbell. As we stroll around Oslo, Nesbo says Harry tries not to get too close to people because nothing good ever comes of it. "I think that is, you know, Harry's experience in life, and that is, that people that he loves, they will be taken away from him," Nesbo says. "His mother died when he was young.

His first girlfriend committed suicide. Getting friendly with Harry is like getting bitten by a vampire." The author, who is in his early 50s, is dressed in jeans, a white T-shirt and a blue sweat jacket. He's unshaven, though his face looks more like just-went-for-a-hike healthy rather than disheveled. He looks everything his alcoholic, hard-edged detective is not. Article continues after sponsorship Nesbo's own addiction these days is rock climbing and rock 'n' roll. He tries to find time to write in between climbing and travel adventures. And in between working as a crime novelist, Nesbo works as the lead singer in one of Norway's most popular pop rock bands, Di Derre. He's also been a successful stockbroker, a journalist and, early on, a star professional soccer player in Norway's premier league. So, has he ever failed at anything? "I was a really bad taxi driver," Nesbo says, laughing. "I only collided twice, but it was one time too much." An Eerie Norwegian Night We hail a taxi — one with a successful driver — and Nesbo instructs him to take us to Oslo's seedier sights. You know, heroin and hookers.

Your typical Norwegian night out. We head downtown through well-kept streets, past sharply dressed young professionals out for an evening drink. Nesbo is working hard to convince me Oslo has far more jagged edges than meets the eye. Tom Sweeney "Yeah well, you see a woman over here? She's a working girl. It's not that busy right now," he says. "And down there on that plaza? They're dealing drugs." Nesbo takes this slice of the city and runs it through his own creepy, fictional blender to get Detective Hole's Oslo. Harry's dimly lit local haunt is based on the real-life local restaurant named Schroder's. Inside, photographs of 1920s brewery workers hang from dark, wooden walls and a no-nonsense staff serves up amber ale and overcooked beef. In Nesbo's novels, Harry often comes here to dry out a bit. "I was sort of considering the idea when I invented the character, the idea of the, you know, traditional, hard-drinking American hard-boiled detective," he says. "But I decided that I didn't want that.

So I made him a full-blown alcoholic." Norway's Worst Attack The novelist was enjoying a workout at a rock-climbing gym last July when Oslo was hit by real-life horror. Extremist Anders Behring Breivik set off a car bomb downtown and then gunned down kids on a nearby vacation island. In all, Brevik killed 77 people. Nesbo calls it chilling, disturbing, more horrific than things he has dreamed up in his novels. "I don't feel like there's an obligation to write about it. But I think it's inevitable that it will creep into my writing whether I want it or not because it's there, you know?" he says. "I was here in Oslo when it happened." After a plate of meatballs and mashed potatoes, we head back outside to see if Oslo's streets have gotten any darker. Despite the late hour, it's still not quite noir enough. This is fitting, considering that Nesbo doesn't really consider himself as part of the Nordic Noir tradition. Nesbo — a former stockbroker, journalist and professional soccer player — says he doesn't consider himself to be part of the larger Nordic Noir tradition.

Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption toggle caption Eric Westervelt/NPR Nesbo — a former stockbroker, journalist and professional soccer player — says he doesn't consider himself to be part of the larger Nordic Noir tradition. Eric Westervelt/NPR That is, crime fiction as thinly veiled social criticism like the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. Nesbo has sold millions. He's had half a dozen best-sellers, and a film version of his bestseller The Snowman is set to be directed by Martin Scorsese. Yet the promotional material for some of his books still calls him "the next Stieg Larsson." "I'm not thrilled, but I'm not that annoyed either. I heard somebody in the U.K. now being branded as the new Jo Nesbo, so I guess he or she is probably a little bit annoyed, too," he says. Nesbo's fascination with the gloomy side of his hometown seems at odds with his relatively sunny disposition. He is a nice guy and little resembles his morose characters. "They say that every writer, they write about themselves. I think that's to a certain extent true, but also we are creators of fiction," he says.

"So I do, you know, make Oslo into this city that does and does not exist, and Harry's a character that also exists and does not exist." Nesbo then climbs out of the taxi onto his mountain bike and heads off into the Oslo night. It's rough out there, and Nesbo is one of the few not wearing a bike helmet. Order of Harry Hole Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Harry Hole Books Harry Hole is a character and series of crime fiction novels by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo . The protaganist and title character of the series is Harry Hole, a hardened detective who works the streets of Oslo. In it, he sets to stop out murderers, bank robbers, gangsters and more. The Harry Hole series began in 1997 with The Bat, although the first to be released in English was The Redbreast. Below is a list of Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole novels in publication and chronological order: Publication Order of Harry Hole Books The Bat Police by Jo Nesbo | PenguinRandomHouse.com Add to Cart About Police Inspector Harry Hole investigates a serial killer targeting Oslo’s police officers in this installment of Jo Nesbø’s New York Times bestselling series.

Look out for the latest Harry Hole novel, The Thirst, coming May 9, 2017. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His brilliant insights and dedication to his job have saved countless lives over the years. But as the killer grows increasingly bold and the media reaction increasingly hysterical, the detective is nowhere to be found. This time, when those he loves and values most are facing terrible danger, Harry is in no position to protect anyone—least of all himself. About Police Finalist — GoodReads Choice Award — Mystery/Thriller Harry Hole returns–or does he?–in a terrifyingly paced, vertiginous new roller coaster of a thriller by the internationally best-selling author of The Snowman and The Redeemer, “the king of Scandinavian crime fiction” (Kirkus). The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo’s streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can’t help . . . For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo.

His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless people. But now, with those he loves most facing terrible danger, Harry is not in a position to protect anyone. Least of all himself . . . Get the news you want from Penguin Random House Praise “A dizzyingly taut feat of storytelling.”—The Boston Globe “An invigorating must-read.” —Newsweek “The chills are palpable in this nerve-­racking thriller.”—The New York Times Book Review “A hugely enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse. . . .

Nesbo manages the book’s unnervingly scary scenes so well he should consider tackling a horror novel.” —Richmond Times Dispatch “Scandinavian crime thrillers don’t come much darker or more tense than the best-selling Harry Hole series, and this tenth outing for the Norwegian detective is the best yet.” —Sunday Mirror (UK) “Nesbø’s dark and gripping crime series featuring the Oslo detective Harry Hole [is] fascinating readers with its ever-deepening portrait, Breaking Bad–style, of a hero’s gradual transition to an antihero.”—Chicago Tribune “So dark, intense, and bone chilling that immersion in [Nesbø’s] world for an extended period is not for the sensitive.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “A multi-layered and intertwining story that makes your head spin, while delivering a masterclass in suspenseful writing. . . . Simply sit back and enjoy every twist and turn.” —Sunday Express (UK) “An electrifying ride. . . . A master of suspense, red herrings and false trails, as well as a mesmerizing storyteller.

Nesbø is in a league of his own.” —The Sydney Morning Herald “Plot twists worthy of a möbius strip.”—Bloomberg News “Attempts at work and sleep [are] futile until it is finished.” —The Daily Telegraph About Jo Nesbo JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, and economist as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom, and he is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor Proctor series of children’s books. He… More about Jo Nesbo About Jo Nesbo JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, and economist as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom, and he is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor Proctor series of children’s books. He… More about Jo Nesbo About Jo Nesbo JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, and economist as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom, and he is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor Proctor series of children’s books.

He… More about Jo Nesbo About Jo Nesbo JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, and economist as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom, and he is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor Proctor series of children’s books. He… More about Jo Nesbo About Jo Nesbo JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, and economist as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom, and he is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor Proctor series of children’s books. He… More about Jo Nesbo About Jo Nesbo JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, and economist as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom, and he is also the author of several stand-alone novels and the Doctor Proctor series of children’s books.

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Question: Which author created the detective Harry Hole?
Answer: Jo Nesbo