A musician, songwriter, and economist, Jo Nesb� is also one of Europe's most acclaimed crime writers, and is the winner of the Glass Key Award, northern Europe's most prestigious crime-fiction prize, for his first novel featuring Police Detective Harry Hole. Nesb� lives in Oslo.
"Assured, complex, and evocative." -- Seattle Times"The high-intensity action is threaded through a series of Chinese boxes revealing one false solution after another before the brilliantly inventive final twist." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"[A] beautifully executed heist drama... . Expertly weaving plot lines from Hole's last outing to feature the inspector, The Redbreast (2007), Nesbo delivers a lush crime saga that will leave U.S. readers clamoring for the next installment." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Nesbo returns with another novel that is every bit the multitextured, complexly plotted, psychologically rich thriller that made Redbreast such an unqualified success. . . . No doubt about it: Nesbo belongs on every crime-fiction fan's A-list." -- Booklist (starred review)"The dense plot is supremely detailed. . . . A crisp, clean translation. . . . Satisfying." -- New York Times Book Review"Nesb� has a knack for Euro noir." -- Entertainment Weekly"Nesbo offers up another top-notch mystery thriller, thickly layered, perfectly plotted, and briskly paced to keep readers hooked. With ties to events in The Redbreast, this is an excellent sequel. . . . Recommended for all fiction collections and essential for Scandinavian crime lovers." -- Library Journal"High tension, lightning pace, a flawed but ultimately sympathetic protagonist: NEMESIS has it all." -- BookPage"It's a good bet that if this is the first Harry Hole novel you read, you'll never miss another. . . . It's complex but so well written. . . . If you're a fan of crime fiction, Harry Hole's your man." -- Arizona Republic"No matter what language you read, get on the Jo Nesbo crime patrol and see why the world loves Harry Hole." -- Madison County Herald
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