The Redbreast

"An elegant and complex thriller. . . . Harrowingly beautiful." -- New York Times Book Review "Hugely impressive--ambitious in scope, and skilled in execution." -- Los Angeles Times "Ranks with the best of current American crime fiction." -- Washington Post Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman , has solidified his spot as one of the most exciting Scandinavian thriller writers in the crime fiction business. The Redbreast is the third installment in Nesbø''s tough-as-nails series featuring Oslo police detective Harry Hole. Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he''s been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway''s dark past--when members of the nation''s government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany. More than sixty years later, this black mark won''t wash away, and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a hideous conspiracy is rapidly taking shape around Hole--and Norway''s darkest hour may still be to come.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Nesbo, Jo Nesbø
• Assisted by: Don Bartlett (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.12.2008
• EAN: 9780061134005
• ISBN: 978-0-06-113400-5
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Harry Hole; Harry Hole Series; Harry Hole; Harry Hole Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Norwegische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Espionage, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators