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The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Thriller (Oslo Sequence 1) (Paperback)

Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett

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Paperback Published: 03/09/2009

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Not all angels are heaven sent. I am one such angel, and I have come to pass judgement on the living, and the dead...A report of a rare and unusual gun - a type favoured by assassins - being smuggled into the country sparks Detective Harry Hole's interest. Then a former WW2 Nazi sympathizer is found with his throat cut. Next, Harry's former partner 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.

Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780099546771

Jo Nesbo

Born in 1960 in Oslo, Norway, Jo Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics. He went on to work as a freelance journalist and as a stockbroker in the finance sector. His first Harry Hole crime novel was published in Norway in 1997 and was an instant bestseller, winning a best Nordic crime novel prize (an accolade shared with Peter Høeg, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson). Following the success of his debut, he devoted more of his time to writing and music. He is the lead singer and songwriter for Norwegian rock band 'di Derre'.

The Harry Hole series has been a huge success, making bestseller lists throughout Europe - selling more than 9 million copies around the world. In 2010 The Snowmanspent over three months on the Sunday Times bestsellers. The Leopard was an instant hit, going straight to no. 1 in the Sunday Times hardback fiction charts, and the paperback was in the top ten overall bestsellers. Phantom was his first UK no. 1 in paperback. Police, the tenth Harry Hole thriller, debuted at no. 2 in the hardback fiction charts.

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“Not bad.”

Although this has some really good points I found that it did not quite live up to the hype and unlike the real Stig Larsson, Jo Nesbo is, in my opinion, not up to his standards. The good points are the human elements... More

Nocturnal bibliophile

14th May 2014

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“I want to read more!”

This was my first Jo Nesbo read, and it was gripped throughout. It took me a while to get to grips with the changing of time periods, between present and during WW2, but the suspense was kept throughout. You will... More

Elaine Colgan

15th March 2012

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“A Scandinavian Sleuth”

Not the easiest book in the world to read especially the first few chapters. The dialogue seems to dance around between several storylines making it a difficult book to get into. The threads were inevitably going to... More

Dapo

26th February 2012

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