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Author: Jo Nesbø

55 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

NOMINATED FOR THE PUBLIC AWARD 2015 in the category of Translated Novel.

The Police need Harry Hole because a killer is roaming the streets of Oslo, murdering police...

55 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

NOMINATED FOR THE PUBLIC AWARD 2015 in the category of Translated Novel.

The Police need Harry Hole because a killer is roaming the streets of Oslo, murdering police officers. Specifically, the victims are found at crime scenes that have not been solved. The murders are violent and the media's reaction is hysterical. The...

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  • Release 1/2023
  • Pages Pages 696
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Translation Translation Krystalli Glyniadaki
  • Publisher Publisher Metaichmio
Genre: Crime

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    Perhaps the most disappointing book by Jo Nesbo featuring the character Harry Hole. The story is long and lacking in many points. Perhaps the main reason was the adoption of a narrative that works well in movies but loses a lot in writing, or at least in this particular book. The ending, honestly, couldn't be more cliché. I thought I was reading a Harlequin novel, unless the author intends to deconstruct the character from the first page of the next book. I also found the "exit" of some key characters in the series to be very poorly executed, but I can't dwell on it too much because it would be a major spoiler. This particular book seems to be the middle of a mini trilogy (possibly even more) and I have the impression that it wasn't the best connecting link. I hope THIRST, which is the next one, proves to be a better continuation.

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    Together with Thirst, I think it is the best Nesbo's book with the protagonist being Hole.

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  • Perhaps the most disappointing book by Jo Nesbo featuring the character Harry Hole. The story is long and lacking in many points. Perhaps the main reason was the adoption of a narrative that works well in movies but loses a lot in writing, or at least in this particular book. The ending, honestly, couldn't be more cliché. I thought I was reading a Harlequin novel, unless the author intends to deconstruct the character from the first page of the next book. I also found the "exit" of some key characters in the series to be very poorly executed, but I can't dwell on it too much because it would be a major spoiler. This particular book seems to be the middle of a mini trilogy (possibly even more) and I have the impression that it wasn't the best connecting link. I hope THIRST, which is the next one, proves to be a better continuation.

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55 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

NOMINATED FOR THE PUBLIC AWARD 2015 in the category of Translated Novel.

The Police need Harry Hole because a killer is roaming the streets of Oslo, murdering police officers. Specifically, the victims are found at crime scenes that have not been solved. The murders are violent and the media's reaction is hysterical. The eternal Harry, a detective by nature, has been involved in all the major crime investigations of recent years in Oslo. Guided by his very personal sense of justice, loyal to what he loves and determined to defend it, this time he seems lost and helpless. Will he manage to surpass himself once again as the wreckage of his personal life has sunk him to the bottom?

WHAT THE PRESS SAID

Nesbo has managed to create a multi-layered story that will blow your mind. How he builds the suspense will be taught in creative writing seminars in the future... Clear your schedule, sit back comfortably, and enjoy all the twists and surprises that await you from the king of modern crime fiction. - Sunday Express

There are no more exciting, intense, and dark crime thrillers in the Scandinavian school of crime fiction than the Harry Hole series. The tenth adventure of Hole is the best book in the series so far. - Sunday Mirror

Addictive... In the style of the series Breaking Bad. - Chicago Tribune

Corruption, drugs, penal policy, and "unorthodox" police methods intertwine with extreme behaviors in a book whose reading feels like a ride on a roller coaster. It takes your breath away. - Boston Globe

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It was a warm, endless September day, filled with that light that turns the Oslo fjord into molten silver and makes the low hills shine after the first autumn rains. One of those days that make the residents of Oslo swear that they will never, ever leave this city. The sun was setting behind the ridge of Ullern and its last rays fell on the landscape, on the apartment blocks that spoke of the city's modest past, on the expensive penthouses with terraces that told the story of a country that overnight became one of the richest in the world because of oil, and on the drug addicts at the top of Stensparken, in this small and organized city where the drug death rate was eight times higher than in any other European city. On the gardens with trampolines surrounded by safety nets, where children never jumped more than three at a time, faithfully following the instructions, and on the hills and forests that encircled half of Oslo's basin. The sun stretched its radiant fingers over the city, unwilling to leave it, like an extended farewell through the window of a train.

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Author
Jo Nesbø
Publisher
Metaichmio
Publishers
Metaixmio
Type
Crime
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
696
Release Date
1/2023
Publication Date
2023
Dimensions
14x20.5 cm
ISBN-13
9786180333732

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Reviews (5)

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  • Paper quality
  • Was it easy to read?
  • Was it interesting enough?
  • I liked the writing style
  • I would read a book by the same author
  • I would recommend it for reading
  • cmak76
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    2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
    This review is about a variation of the product

    Perhaps the most disappointing book by Jo Nesbo featuring the character Harry Hole. The story is long and lacking in many points. Perhaps the main reason was the adoption of a narrative that works well in movies but loses a lot in writing, or at least in this particular book. The ending, honestly, couldn't be more cliché. I thought I was reading a Harlequin novel, unless the author intends to deconstruct the character from the first page of the next book. I also found the "exit" of some key characters in the series to be very poorly executed, but I can't dwell on it too much because it would be a major spoiler. This particular book seems to be the middle of a mini trilogy (possibly even more) and I have the impression that it wasn't the best connecting link. I hope THIRST, which is the next one, proves to be a better continuation.

    Translated from Greek ·
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  • This review is about a variation of the product

    Together with Thirst, I think it is the best Nesbo's book with the protagonist being Hole.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • This review is about a variation of the product

  • This review is about a variation of the product

  • Perhaps the most disappointing book by Jo Nesbo featuring the character Harry Hole. The story is long and lacking in many points. Perhaps the main reason was the adoption of a narrative that works well in movies but loses a lot in writing, or at least in this particular book. The ending, honestly, couldn't be more cliché. I thought I was reading a Harlequin novel, unless the author intends to deconstruct the character from the first page of the next book. I also found the "exit" of some key characters in the series to be very poorly executed, but I can't dwell on it too much because it would be a major spoiler. This particular book seems to be the middle of a mini trilogy (possibly even more) and I have the impression that it wasn't the best connecting link. I hope THIRST, which is the next one, proves to be a better continuation.

    Translated from Greek ·
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  • Together with Thirst, I think it is the best Nesbo's book with the protagonist being Hole.

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