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The Devil's Star (Paperback)

by Jo Nesbo (Author), Don Bartlett (Translator)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Harvill Secker (20 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843432161
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843432166
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 14.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 459,185 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension." --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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"An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension." --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Takk!, 11 Feb 2006
A serial killer. An alcoholic cop in trouble with his superiors. Yes, the ingredients seem familiar, but Jo Nesbo's The Devil's Star rings a few changes and is an extremely promising introduction to Oslo detective Harry Hole. The solution to the story is all but unguessable and along the way Nesbo gives a refreshing insight into Norwegian society and creates a series of vivid character portraits that add considerable depth to what might have been formulaic material. I particularly liked the relationship between Hole and his nemesis Waaler, the latter a truly repellent character. The plotting is tight, with red herrings judiciously deployed, whilst throughout the writing is measured, sardonic, compelling. Often lurid, with the cast's sexual pecadilloes explored to telling effect, the next in the series cannot come too soon.
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jo Nesbo - The Devil's Star, 12 Dec 2005
By RachelWalker "RachelW" (England) - See all my reviews
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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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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Please read Redbreast first, 10 Oct 2006
By A. C. Simpson (Hornchurch, Essex) - See all my reviews
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Of the crime novels I have read in the last year this was my favourite and this includes offerings from Hennig Mankell,John Harvey,both books by that Icelandic bloke,Michael Connelly and Minette Walters.I was surprised that I would warm to a character with the name Harry Hole,( is this a strange translation of a Norwegian name?) but as a dysfunctional character he beats the hell out of Wallander or Rebus.
I liked the book so much that I was almost beside myself with excitement when I found what I thought was the sequel in the form of The Redbreast.It was a big disappointment to discover that allthough this book was printed after Devils Star it is in fact the first book. So if you are new to Jo Nesbo please read Redbreast first and you wont be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great discovery
I was really impressed with this novel, although I wish I had read the trilogy in order and started with "Redbreast". Read more
Published 16 days ago by P. Barrett

5.0 out of 5 stars The Devil's Star - Jo Nesbø
Extra Information: The first two books for this Harry Hole series The Bat Man and The Cockroaches have not been produced for translation at this time. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Andrea Bowhill

3.0 out of 5 stars so so
3rd in the Harry Hole series but a bit too fragmented. Not as strong as the earlier ones.
Published 1 month ago by Payne in Spain

4.0 out of 5 stars not for the fainthearted
Addicted to Scandlit at the moment but I nearly threw this one in the bin about halfway through when our intrepid hero Harry Hole discovered an unlikely pattern in the movements... Read more
Published 4 months ago by edmundo

5.0 out of 5 stars Nesbo is addictive
I read Nemesis first, liked it so much I bought The Redbreast and, having read those two in reverse order, couldn't wait to get The Devil's Star. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ms. Sv Lewis-morgan

5.0 out of 5 stars My New Favourite Scandinavian Crime Writer
First of all, be warned - although this was Jo Nesbo's first published translation in this country, 'Devil's Star' is actually the concluding volume of a trio of novels that began... Read more
Published 11 months ago by G. J. Oxley

5.0 out of 5 stars So you've read Nemesis - now read this!
I can honestly say I finished this book quicker than any I have ever read. Real edge-of-your seat stuff and I didn't think it could get much better than Redbreast and Nemesis... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Stella

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping.
A gripping nail biting crime thriller. Very well written and very well translated into proper British Engilsh. I thouroughly enjoyed the whole series.
Published 14 months ago by Nolind

5.0 out of 5 stars Want a good read?
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... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Big John

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Hole in One
Another great adventure for Harry Hole who could become quite an addictive hero - just when you thought you'd met enough alcoholic divorcee detectives he's a breath of fresh air... Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. I. R. Clarke

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