Jo Nesbo
1) The leopard
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Detective Harry Hole volume 8
Pub. Date
2011
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Inspector Harry Hole has retreated to Hong Kong, escaping the trauma of his last case in squalid opium dens, when two young women are found dead in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches a fever pitch. There are no clues, the police investigation is stalled, and Harry - the one man who might be able to help - cant́ be found.
3) Police
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Detective Harry Hole volume 10
Pub. Date
2013
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A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. Harry Hole, a police detective is asked to investigate and catch the killer.
4) Killing Moon
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Detective Harry Hole volume 13
Pub. Date
2023
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • This killer will get inside your head. • Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own team to help find a serial killer who is murdering young women in Oslo in the next novel in the internationally best-selling series.
"One of today's most interesting thriller writers." —Lee Child, author of the #1 best-selling Jack...
"One of today's most interesting thriller writers." —Lee Child, author of the #1 best-selling Jack...
5) The snowman
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Detective Harry Hole volume 7
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"In Oslo, after the first snow of the season has fallen, a woman disappears, and a sinister snowman is left in her wake. As irascible detective Harry Hole realizes that this is only one of multiple disappearances, he begins to think a serial killer may be at work--and may be drawing in Hole personally and intentionally"--
6) Headhunters
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2011
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches comes a funny, dark, and twisted caper worthy of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers—about an aspiring art thief and the target who’s about to destroy his life.
“If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today
Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and...
“If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today
Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and...
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Detective Harry Hole volume 11
Pub. Date
2017
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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this electrifying thriller, Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims—on Tinder. • Part of the New York Times bestselling series.
The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue—fragments of rust and paint in her wounds—leaves the investigating team baffled.
Two days later, there’s...
The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue—fragments of rust and paint in her wounds—leaves the investigating team baffled.
Two days later, there’s...
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Detective Harry Hole volume 9
Pub. Date
2012
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “addictive page-turner” (Los Angeles Times)—Inspector Harry Hole attempts to exonerate his would-be son Oleg in this installment of the New York Times bestselling series.
When Harry Hole moved to Hong Kong, he thought he was escaping the traumas of his life in Oslo and his career as a detective for good. But now, the unthinkable has happened—Oleg, the boy he helped...
When Harry Hole moved to Hong Kong, he thought he was escaping the traumas of his life in Oslo and his career as a detective for good. But now, the unthinkable has happened—Oleg, the boy he helped...
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Detective Harry Hole volume 2
Pub. Date
2014
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Inspector Harry Hole heads to Thailand to investigate the murder of a Norweigian ambassador.
"Nesbø never lets a page go by without making characters and situations vivid."—Houston Chronicle
“I can’t think of anyone who makes my skin crawl like Nesbo."—The New York Times Book Review
When...
"Nesbø never lets a page go by without making characters and situations vivid."—Houston Chronicle
“I can’t think of anyone who makes my skin crawl like Nesbo."—The New York Times Book Review
When...
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Detective Harry Hole volume 5
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Detective Harry Hole is on the trail of a diabolical serial killer terrorizing Oslo in another electrifying thriller in the Harry Hole series from the author of The Snowman.
"It's fascinating to watch this Norwegian author adapt our homegrown monster [the serial killer] to a foreign culture.... When things go wrong, Harry goes on a bender, but when he's on his game, no one is better than this obsessive detective. He systematically works his way through...
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Pub. Date
2016
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches, a “forcefully written story of personal defeat, despair, and salvation” (The New York Times Book Review) about a man with one small problem—his former boss, Oslo's most notorious drug kingpin, wants him dead.
"A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace." —Los Angeles Times
Ulf was once the kingpin's...
"A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace." —Los Angeles Times
Ulf was once the kingpin's...
12) Macbeth
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Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the 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.
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Detective Harry Hole volume 7
Pub. Date
2011
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-- Don't miss Jo Nesbo's latest Harry Hole thriller, -- !
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Blood on snow volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
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-- Don't miss Jo Nesbo's new thriller, -- , coming soon!
17) The redeemer
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Detective Harry Hole volume 6
Pub. Date
2013
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Christmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street. A gunshot cuts through the music and the bitter cold: one of the singers falls dead, shot in the head at point-blank range. Harry has little to work with: no suspect, no weapon, and no motive. As the search closes in, the killer becomes increasingly desperate. Harry encounters true darkness: among the homeless junkies and Salvationists, eagerly awaiting a savior to...
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Doctor Proctor's fart powder volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
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New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.
19) The Night House
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2023
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From the internationally best-selling author, a chilling fresh spin on the classic horror novel • When the voices call, don't answer.
“In The Night House, the horror begins immediately. And it only keeps calling from there.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Spin a Black Yarn
In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths...
“In The Night House, the horror begins immediately. And it only keeps calling from there.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Spin a Black Yarn
In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths...
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Detective Harry Hole volume 1
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In the electrifying first installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. As he circles closer to the killer, Harry begins to fear that no one is safe, least of all those investigating the murder.
The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Harry is free to offer...
The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Harry is free to offer...