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The Next Big Thing... Absolutely gripping Daily Telegraph Compelling...Shocking and surprising...expertly paced...I place Nesbo high up in the Scandinavian mystery league The Times A well-crafted rollercoaster of a book...Nesbo sets a cracking pace...A series of spectacular plot twists lead to a thrilling finale. Highly recommended Guardian Terrific...A stunning twist turns this into a first-rate thriller Sunday Telegraph
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"A well-crafted rollercoaster of a book . . . Nesbo sets a cracking pace . . . A series of spectacular plot twists lead to a thrilling finale. Highly recommended."
--"Guardian
""Compelling . . . Shocking and surprising . . . Expertly paced . . . I place Nesbo high up in the Scandinavian mystery league."
"--The Times"
"The Next Big Thing... Absolutely gripping."
"-- Daily Telegraph
" --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
--"Guardian
""Compelling . . . Shocking and surprising . . . Expertly paced . . . I place Nesbo high up in the Scandinavian mystery league."
"--The Times"
"The Next Big Thing... Absolutely gripping."
"-- Daily Telegraph
" --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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117 of 119 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Want a good read? This is a very good one. But be warned, Redbreast, although a little disjointed, and therefore harder to read, is a better place to start the Harry Hole series from. If you dont start from there some things might not make sense. In fact you will miss out on what is actually a continuation of the plot from the first book in some ways.Of course Nemesis comes in between just to confuse us all! But what ever you decide to do, this book is well written, as Nesbo really gets into his stride. The plot is full of twists and turns that you just dont expect so that makes it all the more enthralling! It is the kind of page turner that is really good for long air journeys or for sitting up late reading with page turning excitement! Characterisations? Oh yes! Very well constructed and keenly observed! Above all enjoy this Norwegian treasure!
43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although I absolutely loved The Devil's Star" I was devasted to realize that I had read the last one first in the trilogy. You must read "The Redbreast" first and then "Nemesis" as "The Devil's Star" follows on from them. It is a great shame that this isn't made clear in these editions. On the inside cover of The Devil's Star it says"the first of Nesbo's novels to be translated into English" so I took a guess and read it first. So be warned! I became suspicious when I started on "The Redbreast" and certain characters were alive who shouldn't have been! I checked out Jo Nesbo's official website and discovered that there are two more Harry Hole novels preceding these three, "The Batman" and "The Cockroaches". Do hope that they are translated soon as it is such a shame not to be able to read them in the correct running order. If you enjoyed Stieg Larsson you will love these books.
60 of 63 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Excellent book. Another excellent Scandinavian book. More colourful than a lot of these dour Scandinavian things, too: engaging, likeable Harry Hole is a step above Rebus, a step above Rebus. In the alcoholic stakes, he's probably only trumped by Robicheaux and then only just. He's a mess of a man who only survives in his job thanks to a boss who recognises his talent for what it is, and makes a pleasing change to all the antagonistic authority figures you normally see in novels like this.
Oslo makes for a good and unusual setting to the story, and Nesbo renders it atmospheriocally. The plot is clever, absolutely gripping, very well structured, and Nesbo handles everything very well indeed. Part of what makes this novel great is that this is never really the book, plotwise, that you think it is. It begins with a disappearance, morphs into an interesting serial killer novel, and over 100 pages from the end, when Hole aprehends the killer, it morphs into something quite different. Just when you think the book is winding down and surely can't have far to go, it kicks right off into a tense thriller. There's enough plot here for two good books, but Nesbo condenses it excellently into one. Yet again I look forward to reading even more from this new foreign writer.
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two stars and you are lucky
I am reading the Jo Nesbo books in order and i loved redbreast and nemesis. I am very glad i did not read this one first or i would have given up on them straight away. Read more
Published 17 days ago by A. Browne
Excellent you cant put it down
Third Harry Hole book and brings the other two together,brillantly written with twists turns and deep thinking! Read more
Published 18 days ago by George Adam
Getting hotter
My first download onto a new Kindle. Excellent way to read it. The first two Nesbos were good, and this is better - stronger characters and story. Will download Redeemer tomorrow.
Published 19 days ago by M. Beck
good book, good read
great character building, great story, keeps you guessing and the pace is good, a very good detective thriller/ crime novel.
Published 22 days ago by sreece
KEEPS YOU GOING
Brilliant book - really liking Harry Hole - he keeps you guessing to the end - a real page turner
Published 23 days ago by EMILIAPATRIA
Great Story
Book 3, in the Harry Hole series
This captivating Scandinavian crime fiction is an excellent police procedural with a great plot that deals with a Norwegian serial... Read more
This captivating Scandinavian crime fiction is an excellent police procedural with a great plot that deals with a Norwegian serial... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Toni Osborne
Hole-y Moley
Wow - what an end to the assumed trilogy. I sat there, Kindle in hand, wishing the train would be delayed so I could finish the damn thing! Now that's a first. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Warren Bowman
fantastic
This book dropped through my letter box and within 5 minutes I was reading it, as I am completely addicted to Jo Nesbo's writing creativity. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jules
Devilishly Ingenious
There are alcoholic policemen and detectives in much of crime fiction, so it is something of an achievement for Jo Nesbo to have made Harry Hole quite so memorable. Read more
Published 5 months ago by G. M. Sinstadt
Devillishly handsome
Having read the first two Harry Hole books, I was questioning whether to continue - for one, I was completely annoyed at Nesbo's habit of throwing in 2 page chapters; it needlessly... Read more
Published 5 months ago by arfeusofthebook
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