A darkly funny and cleverly plotted tale of greed which will further Nesbo's reputation
Mark Lawson, BBC Radio 4

A darkly funny and cleverly plotted tale of greed which will further Nesbo's reputation
Mark Lawson, BBC Radio 4

Headhunters is a stand-alone thriller, but just as well executed as his regular police procedurals...Written in the Norwegian author's typical no-nonsense prose, and plotted with precision to create a relentless and breakneck tale that keeps the reader hungrily turning the pages for more.
Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

Headhunters is a stand-alone thriller, but just as well executed as his regular police procedurals...Written in the Norwegian author's typical no-nonsense prose, and plotted with precision to create a relentless and breakneck tale that keeps the reader hungrily turning the pages for more.
Doug Johnstone, Big Issue

He keeps the twists and shocks coming hard and fast before dumping us, breathless, into a head-scratchingly neat conclusion... an intriguing foray into the mind of a man you'd hope never to meet
Siobhan Murphy, Metro

He keeps the twists and shocks coming hard and fast before dumping us, breathless, into a head-scratchingly neat conclusion... an intriguing foray into the mind of a man you'd hope never to meet
Siobhan Murphy, Metro

This book is one you absolutely have to read... The outrageous storytelling is so stimulating, it makes James Ellroy look like a boy scout and Bret Easton Ellis like a sunday school boy
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

This book is one you absolutely have to read... The outrageous storytelling is so stimulating, it makes James Ellroy look like a boy scout and Bret Easton Ellis like a sunday school boy
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

The reader is glued to the pages like gum to the street.... Nesbo has accomplished an easily digested, but nevertheless brilliant and elegant thriller
Dagsavisen (Norway)

The reader is glued to the pages like gum to the street.... Nesbo has accomplished an easily digested, but nevertheless brilliant and elegant thriller
Dagsavisen (Norway)

Bethan Jones 29 November 2011

Not to be confused with the Harry Hole crime novels, Headhunters is a slick and stylish standalone thriller from the brilliant Norwegian writer. A former economist, Nesbo offers a satiric peek behind-the-scenes of the corporate world of headhunting, where Oslo’s most successful headhunter – the vile and fascinating Roger Brown – has a sideline in art theft. In the course of the novel he is hunted, shot, stabbed, savaged by a dog, driven off a cliff and forced to camouflage himself in human excrement... a brilliant, absurd, thrilling ride!