The Redbreast

A new, dramatic look for Jo Nesbo's iconic Harry Hole detective series in 2022- what we are calling THE YEAR OF HARRY HOLEHarry Hole faces a new rising enemy.'A page-turner you won't want to put down' Time OutHarry knows he shouldn't get involved.A report of a rare and unusual gun - a type favoured by assassins - being smuggled into the country sparks Detective Harry Hole's interest.Evil is closer to home than he knows.Then a former WW2 Nazi sympathizer is found with his throat cut. Next, someone close to Harry 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.But can Harry stop him in time?*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now

““Nobody can delve into the dark, twisted mind of a murderer better than a Scandinavian thriller writer.” – Vogue “I place Nesb high up on the Scandinavian mystery league.” –Marcel Berlins, The Times “Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking, and he is well-served by his elegant translator, Don Bartlett, whom I bet many foreign crime novelists would kill to get hold of.” – Daily Telegraph "A page-turner you won't want to put down." - Time Out "Scary... culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal ." - Independent”

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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

Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 50 million copies around the world.Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway's premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di Derre ('Them There'). They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat.Sign up to the Jo Nesbo newsletter for all the latest news- jonesbo.com/newsletter

Reassigned, having caused a high-profile embarrassment, Detective Harry Hole is bored with his new job in surveillance. Then he receives a report of a rare and unusual gun, with possible links to Neo Nazi activity, being smuggled into the country. When a former Nazi sympathiser is found with his throat slit, Harry suspects a connection between the two cases. The ensuing investigation leads him to suspect that the crimes have their roots in the battlefields of the Eastern Front during World War Two, but as the bodies mount up it soon becomes clear that the killer is hell-bent on serving his own justice. But who is he? And why was Harry's former partner trying to reach Harry on the night she was murdered?

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