A page-turner you won’t want to put down
Time Out

A page-turner you won’t want to put down
Daneet Steffens, Time Out

A page-turner you won’t want to put down
Daneet Steffens, Time Out

Scary...culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal
Jane Jakeman, Independent

Scary...culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal
Jane Jakeman, Independent

Scary...culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal
Independent

A complicated story of passion, lost love, betrayal and murder
The Times

A complicated story of passion, lost love, betrayal and murder
Marcel Berlins, The Times

A complicated story of passion, lost love, betrayal and murder
Marcel Berlins, The Times

A complex, utterly captivating story
Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard

A complex, utterly captivating story
Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard

A complex, utterly captivating story
Evening Standard

Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking
Daily Telegraph

Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking
Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking
Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

Norway’s finest crime writer…Nesbo entwines a Second World War ghost story with a modern hunt for an assassin in a clever and entertaining way that teases and taunts to the very end…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
David Connett, Daily Express

Norway’s finest crime writer…Nesbo entwines a Second World War ghost story with a modern hunt for an assassin in a clever and entertaining way that teases and taunts to the very end…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

Norway’s finest crime writer…Nesbo entwines a Second World War ghost story with a modern hunt for an assassin in a clever and entertaining way that teases and taunts to the very end…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
David Connett, Daily Express

It requires some skilled plotting, but Nesbø brings it off, and Harry, with his quirky sense of humour, is a likeable hero despite his many flaws
Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

It requires some skilled plotting, but Nesbø brings it off, and Harry, with his quirky sense of humour, is a likeable hero despite his many flaws
Sunday Telegraph

It requires some skilled plotting, but Nesbø brings it off, and Harry, with his quirky sense of humour, is a likeable hero despite his many flaws
Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

alison hennessey 10 December 2010

A slightly different Nesbo, which I really enjoyed. This one cuts between World War Two and the present day, and has Harry Hole investigating Neo Nazi activity which might relate to a case of mistake/stolen identity during the war. As always with Nesbo, the plot itself is excellent but it's also what you learn about Norway that make these books such good reads.