Discover the addictive first book in the bestselling harry hole series a. Harry hole is the main character in a series of crime novels written by norwegian author jo nesbo. Learn more about the globe trotting, rock climbing, book, film and. It opens with a patient lying in a coma, under police protection. He is also an accomplished musician as the primary singer and songwriter for the norwegian rock band di derre.
Jo nesbo certainly has the magic touch when it comes to psycho serial. Look out for the latest harry hole novel, the thirst, available now. A harry hole novel harry hole series book 11 kindle. Mar 04, 2017 cbtbs beginners guide to my alltime favorite author, jo nesbo. His harry hole novels include the redeemer, the snowman, the leopard and phantom, and he is also the author of several standalone novels and the doctor proctor series of childrens books. The author of the thirst would invite charles bukowski, jim thompson and ernest hemingway to his literary dinner party. Im an admitted fan of the series, and i just loved this book. Nordic noir master jo nesbo takes another dark twist with. Hole is a brilliant and driven detective with unorthodox methods, a classic loose cannon in the police force. Harry hole 11 and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. For years, detective harry hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in oslo.
Harry is a police officer with the oslo crime squad. A vindictive killer is stalking oslos streets, slaying police officers at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. Nesbo is several steps ahead of you in this endlessly twisting, multilayered thriller sun the police urgently need harry hole. This post contains a whole bunch of resources to help you get started with nesbos works, including a recommendation of where to start with the harry hole series, an overview of nesbos standalone crime books, and. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Inspector harry hole investigates a serial killer targeting oslos police officers in this installment of jo nesbos new york times bestselling series. Police is jo nesbos tenth crime novel with inspector harry hole. Get the audible audio editions of the harry hole series series from the. Harry hole 11 first edition by nesbo, jo, smith, neil isbn. Brilliant, rogue police detective harry holeat the centre of 11 bestselling crime novels including the. Not only is he about to come face to face with an old, deadly foe, but hes about to face his darkest case yet. More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in norway as of march 2014. Jun 06, 2014 jo nesbo on the harry hole detective series books podcast the multimillionselling author visits the book club to talk about his novel the redbreast, maverick detectives, and manipulating. An edgeofyour seat harry hole pageturner you wont be able to put down.
Harry holes story had come to a satisfying end in police so why was nesbo bringing him back. Harry hole is the main character in a series of, so far, eleven crime novels written by jo nesbo. Critics also claim that he has brought about a widening of the scope of crime novels and the way they are written. Jo nesbo is a worldrenowned crime writer recognized for broadening the scope of modern crime and thriller fiction.
A densely plotted thriller that doesnt disappoint, police is the tenth book by norwegian author jo nesbo to feature inspector harry hole. Harry in a heavy smoker and is also an alcoholic, whose problems sometimes get him. Hole is unmarried but has had relationships with a number of women throughout the series of 11 novels. After the horrors of a case that nearly cost him his life, harry hole left oslo and the police force. The norwegian crime writer jo nesbo, 59, has sold more than 33m books worldwide and won a host of prizes. Jo nesbos books have been translated into fortyseven languages. He is the author of the harry hole series, the latest of which is police, as well as headhunters and several childrens books. A musician, songwriter, and economist, jo nesbo is also one of europes most acclaimed crime writers, and is the winner of the glass key award, northern europes most prestigious crimefiction prize, for his first novel featuring police detective harry hole. Police, the tenth novel in the harry hole series by jo nesbo, was released here in norway just after midnight on the 6th of june at a big launch event at an oslo city centre bookshop.
Inpolicethe last novel featuring jo nesbos hardbitten, maverick oslo detectivea killer wreaking revenge on the police had harry hole fighting for the safety. In the ninth harry hole novel to be translated from norwegian into english we find out. The leopard the eighth harry hole thriller was a number 1 bestseller in hardback, with phantom the ninth book in the series topping the paperback charts. Sherlock holmes, hercule poirot, jules maigret, and nero wolfe, but in the word of jo nesbo himself. Inspector harry hole investigates a serial killer targeting oslos police officers in this installment of jo nesbo s new york times bestselling series. The book can be read as a standalone but readers familiar with the series will understand the characters motivations better. The following version of this book was used to create the guide. Jo nesbo is a critically acclaimed norwegian writer and musician. Police by jo nesbo, 9780099570097, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Last updated april 22nd, 2019 reading the jo nesbo books in order in english means that we can now finally catch up to all 11 harry hole novels they have finally all been translated to english, the 4 doctor proktor kids series, and the authors four standalone novels. He has received the glass key award for best nordic crime novel. Harry hole series by jo nesbo goodreads share book.
In addition to the harry hole series he is the author of standalone novels headhunters and the son, as. In police the last novel featuring jo nesbos hardbitten, maverick oslo detective a killer wreaking revenge on the police had harry hole fighting for the safety of the people closest to him. Jo nesbo is a norwegian police and at the same time a crime writer who was born is oslo, norway in the year 1960. In addition to his bestselling harry hole mysteries, he is the author of several standalone novels and the doctor proctor series of childrens books. His crime novels, specifically the harry hole, series are is biggest claim to fame. Hole is a classic loose cannon in the oslo norway police force, with few close friends and some unorthodox methods.
Jul 10, 2019 norwegian author jo nesbo continues his detective harry hole series of nordic noir novels with knife. Oct 17, 2014 jo nesbo is perhaps best known for his brilliant, bestselling harry hole series eleven thrillers featuring the oslo crime squad detective these perfectly crafted thrillers have sold millions of copies across the world. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a. Download the harry hole series audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device. Mar 01, 2019 outside norway, both harry hole and jo nesbo are happy to accept the name being pronounced how its written in english. A mainstay of contemporary scandinavian noir, jo nesbos harry hole. Ive read all the harry hole books except the bat and think jo nesbo is an exceptionally good writer. Sep 11, 20 written by jo nesbo, translated by don bartlett the staggering ending to phantom left us all in disbelief. Harry hole 11 kindle edition by jo nesbo, neil smith. Jo nesbo on the harry hole detective series books podcast. In his absence, his former special investigation unit tackles a much publicized sequence of police murders. His mother is deceased, he has a weak relationship with his father and his sister had down syndrome. When svein finne, whom harry sent to prison 20 years earlier, is released, finne immediately.
Now, in the thirst, the story continues as harry is inextricably drawn back into the oslo police force. Cbtbs beginners guide to jo nesbo crime by the book. Nesbos intricate, inventive, but seriously overstuffed 12th harry hole novel picks up on the heels of 2017s the thirst, but now hole is separated from his wife, rakel, and back on oslos police force, working cold cases and drinking heavily. I work for the education division of nesbos publishing house in norway, aschehoug, and got a free copy of the book at work and also got to attend the concert. Peter knutson there is a tidy little set piece more than halfway through police, jo nesbos latest harry hole. This harry hole crime novel, the tenth in the series by norwegian writer jo nesbo, breaks with its formulaic pattern in that harry has disappeared from the scene after being severely wounded in a shootout in the previous novel. Harry hole is the main character in jo nesbos series of ten crime novels. Jo nesbo is a musician, songwriter, and economist, as well as a writer. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated, but failed to solve.
Browse jo nesbos bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. With his eight internationally acclaimed crime novels featuring detective harry hole, jo nesbo has achieved an unparalleled success both in his native country norway and abroad, winning the hearts of critics, booksellers and readers alike. Shortlisted for the book of the year award sweden, 2017. A complex character, chainsmoking, harddrinking and uncompromising, harry hole is for many readers the ultimate detective. In the bat, harry is called harry holey by the sydney police that he encounters, and he decides to accept it rather than spend half of his time correcting them. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read police. Critics link the personality of harry hole to those of the famous literary detectives. His brilliant insights and dedication to his job have saved countless lives over the years. I found police to be a bit patchy at times and the author played a couple of unnecessary and, i thought, cheap tricks on the reader which dampened my enthusiasm for the book to some extent. Police by jo nesbo it takes confidence for an author to wait until a third of the way through a new novel before they mention the book features their most famous literary creation. In this eleventh book in the harry hole series, the oslo police detective is chasing valentin gjertsen, a serial killer whos been harrys nemesis for years.
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