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Jo Nesbo (Author), Don Bartlett (Translator)
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Publication Date: 2009

Not all angels are heaven sent. I am one such angel, and I have come to pass judgement on the living, and the dead...

A report of a rare and unusual gun - a type favoured by assassins - being smuggled into the country sparks Detective Harry Hole's interest. Then a former WW2 Nazi sympathizer is found with his throat cut. Next, Harry's former partner is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night she was killed?

As Harry's investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that the killer is hell-bent on serving his own justice. And while the link between the cases remains a mystery, one thing is certain: he must be stopped.

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  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; First printing of this edition edition (2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9780099546771
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099546771
  • ASIN: 0099546779
  • Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 3.3 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (208 customer reviews)
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"THE NEXT STIEG LARSSON" (INDEPENDENT )

"A page-turner you won't want to put down" (Time Out )

"A complex, utterly captivating story" (Evening Standard )

"Scary...culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal" (Independent )

"Norway's finest crime writer... Nesbo clearly demonstrates his skill at executing expertly-crafted, well-paced thrillers that he sustains to the very end in a compelling fashion. As first novels go, The Redbreast and The Devil's Star are as accomplished as any reader is likely to experience" (Daily Express )

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A brilliantly tense thriller from Scandinavian crime writing superstar Jo Nesbo.
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172 of 179 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Hole truth 9 Jun 2008
By Huck Flynn VINE™ VOICE
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I must concur with most of the other reviewers - a superb detective story and a charismatic new detective to rival, if not surpass, Kurt Wallender. Where Nesbo scores over Mankell is the tightly plotted story line and plausible psychological motivation despite the complicated and dramatic theme. There are plenty of ironic twists and sharp dialogue as the grumpy (what else) and intuitive Harry Hole follows up a hunch about a deadly sniping rifle smuggled into the country that leads him via a trail of dead bodies to an amazing serial killer and a deadly vengeance whose origins date back to WW2 on the Eastern Front. There is a fair bit of scene switching from the trenches to the modern setting but the killer's identity is fairly well hidden. The reader also gets a fascinating insight into the Norwegian political conscience about their divided loyalty during the war. The detection is a tantalising chase and the action is compelling right to the end. Well written and translated and nesbo leaves a loose end that will surely propel Hole into another story soon. I've already bought the follow up Devil's Star and look forward to more sleepless nights.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Painful Past 24 May 2010
By H. meiehofer VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
This is an utterly fantastic book. Two narrative strands, one historic and one contemporary, are intertwined, leaving the reader intrigued as to exactly what the connection will turn out to be.

The historic strand addresses issues which must be painful to many Norwegians; specifically the involvement that some of them had in supporting the Nazis to the extent of fighting alongside them on the Russian front.

The writing in this novel is absolutely superb. There is one sequence in particular where Nesbo absolutely captivates the reader and enables him to feel the pain experienced by his central character, Harry Hole. This starts with a chapter which flits between events which are happening simultaneously, much like jump cuts in certain films. This is followed by a series of chapters consisting simply of telephone messages left by Harry. These communicate very effectively all of the pain, anguish and guilt he feels at this point lifting this novel above the run of the mill detective story.

The book has many sub-plots, but these are all handled so well that they do not detract from the narrative drive and the pace of the story is well maintained.

The two strands of the narrative come together at the end in a way which is both convincing and (at least to this reader) unexpected.

Nesbo is quite simply one of the best crime novelists on the planet and the Redbreast finds him absolutely at the top of his game. I cannot recommend this enough.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Stieg of the dump 7 Jan 2012
By Edelbee
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The cover of the edition of the book that I bought bears the words [as do, these days, the books of so many Scandinavian crime writers]"the next Stieg Larssen".

Do not be misled. This book is nothing like Stieg Larssen's novels. [ The one point of contact is the reference to pro-nazi sentiment dating from the second World War and to continuing sympathy for such a view in modern day Scandinavia] Other than that the fictional world of Harry Hole has nothing all in common with the world of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

This is a police procedural novel. The main character is that staple of police fiction, the hard drinking. bull headed detective who insists on doing things his own way regardless of what his superiors say and of what his fellow cops think. [ This is more like an Ed McBain novel transposed to Oslo than another Larssen]

The one thing that makes the novel different is the Norwegian setting. Other than that it could have been set in any other city in the world. It is an efficient thriller but lacks the brand of originality that is required to set it apart from the great herd of crime fiction.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had me gripped from the very first chapter. I could not put it down and had to go on to read the other books in the trilogy. I could not resist!!

The Redbreast is also part of a trilogy. Events occur in this novel which have consequences in the next two books. I am reading the second book now but am doing so, frankly, because I bought all three books at once. I am curious to see how matters resolve themselves but I am not, as with Larssen, afire to discover what will emerge.

Harry Hole is O.K. but he is really nothing to write home about. The novel is readable but it is not addictive. If it were not for the Scandinavian setting it would not stand out at all from other novels of this type and would sink without trace.
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Found this quite diffficult to get to grips with as it switches time quite a bit but kept going and really enjoyed overall
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Well wrapped, delivered promptly. Can't really ask for more than that. The book is the first in the Oslo trilogy with Harry Hole at the centre of the story. Read more
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Another great book in Harry Hole series - good plot, lots of turns, believable characters, can't fault it! The only reason I gave it 4 stars, is that I liked The Redeemer better :)
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