'Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express
SONNY'S ON THE RUN
Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins.
HE'S BEEN LIED TO HIS WHOLE LIFE
But then one prisoner's confession changes everything. He knows something about Sonny's disgraced father.
SONNY WANTS REVENGE
He needs to break out of prison and make those responsible pay for their crimes.
WHATEVER THE COST
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Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099582144
Number of pages: 656
Weight: 447 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 38 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
A cat-and-mouse chase between a young prisoner and a troubled detective, this is a tense, violent and hugely absorbing walk on the murky side of Oslo * Sunday Mirror *
Nesbo never fails to deliver a cracking narrative - and this is one of his best * Mail on Sunday *
An excellent novelist... Nesbo paints an intricate, disturbing picture of rampant corruption within prison and the police service... The strong action is tempered by tenderness -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
Gripping from start to finish -- John Williams * Mail on Sunday *
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