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The Redbreast is a crime novel by Jo Nesbo and the third book in the series featuring Oslo police detective Harry Hole. First published in Norway in 2000, it follows Hole's investigation of an unusual rifle connected to a planned assassination and to Norwegian volunteers who fought alongside German...
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Breakthrough Harry Hole novel, acclaimed for historical scope and noir momentum; major Nesbo reputation.
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Police is the tenth novel in Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole crime series, first published in Norwegian in 2013. The story follows an Oslo police unit investigating the murders of officers at locations connected to crimes they had failed to solve, while Harry's status initially remains uncertain. It combines...
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Well-rated later Harry Hole with high suspense and series mythology; gripping but reliant on prior continuity.
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The Devil's Star is the fifth novel in Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole series, first published in Norwegian in 2003. During an unusually hot summer in Oslo, Hole investigates a sequence of murders marked by severed fingers and small red diamond stars placed on the victims. The case unfolds alongside his confl...
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Popular Harry Hole thriller with strong serial-killer plotting; energetic, though melodrama divides some critics.
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Knife is a 2019 crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo and the twelfth book in the Harry Hole series. The story finds the Oslo detective struggling with alcoholism and personal collapse before the murder of Rakel, his estranged wife, makes him closely connected to the investigation. Combining a po...
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Dark later Harry Hole novel with major character stakes; strong fan ratings, mixed views on brutality and repetition.
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The Thirst is a 2017 crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo and the eleventh book in the Harry Hole series. Hole is drawn back into police work when women who use the dating application Tinder are attacked in Oslo, with evidence suggesting a serial offender connected to an earlier investigation. T...
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Commercially strong Harry Hole thriller with sharp premise; consensus more mixed on excess and plausibility.
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