“An elegant and complex thriller….Harrowingly beautiful.”—New York Times Book Review“A hugely impressive achievement—ambitious in scope, and skilled in execution.”—Los Angeles Times“The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.”—Washington PostNo disrespect meant to Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, but Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The … Mankell and Stieg Larsson, but Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, is the most exciting Scandinavian thriller writer in the crime fiction business. The Redbreast is a fabulous installment in Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and design—winner of The Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel and selected as the best Norwegian crime novel ever written by members of Norway’s book clubs—The Redbreast is a chilling tale of murder and betrayal that ranges from the battlefields of World War Two to the streets of modern-day Oslo. Follow Hole as he races to stop a killer and disarm a ticking time-bomb from his nation’s shadowy past. Vogue magazine says that “nobody can delve into the dark, twisted mind of a murderer better than a Scandinavian thriller writer”…and nobody does it better than Jo Nesbø! James Patterson fans should also take note.
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Although it is filled with suspense, it’s not as dark (or gory) as some of Jo Nesbo’s other Harry Hole novels. I think this is the best of the series that I’ve read so far.
You may think that the world has enough maverick detectives with alcohol problems, but if you haven’t met Nesbo’s creation, Harry Hole, read on.
There’s an edge of bleakness to this Nordic-noir procedural, but at its core is the driven cop with his heart in the right place. The anti-authoritarian Hole is a law unto himself, but so long as he …
Love Jo Nesbo, and especially his Harry Hole character.
Nesbo brings the psychological tension to another great book. Harry Hole wanders through a twisted case, his ideas that can confuse you as well as himself. It keeps you turning the pages and staying up way too late to read just one more chapter.
Wonderful – as ever. Love the characters and the plotting is insane. Highly recommended…
Jo Nesbo is my favorite author and is the best writer I have ever read. I would recommend anything he writes, but especially the Harry Hole series.
Nesbo is always enjoyable
Redbreast is an intelligent and, at times, emotional police thriller. Although the switches in time were a little tangled at first, but Nesbo pulls off a blending of two stories, one in the past and one in the near present, that work their way toward a clever and tense conclusion in the present.
Despite the length of the book, the pacing is …
well written, complex story, kept me interested all thru.
So well plotted,
I made myself read two-thirds of this book before giving up. The plot is not all that complicated, but the story drags on with little drama or suspense. The writing is hard to follow, characters speaking in the same paragraph without transition, seeming to repeat themselves. A real disappointment given all the advertising.
Love Harry Hole the detective, great character. I try to read all of Jo Nesbo’s books.
Love Skandinavian mysteries! Nesbo is a winner.
The story seems confused at first as it jumps from the present back to WWII but as you continue ,and I recommend you do, the story is artfully weaved by the author and comes together smoothly yet unpredictably. You find yourself constantly wondering what revelation will be uncovered by Harry Hole, the main protagonist, will uncover next. Great …
I really wanted to like this author and this is the first book of Jo Nesbos that I have read. I can’t get past the first third of the book. I just don’t care about the characters. I like Girl with theDragon Tattoo and A Man Called Ove. I know it’s not the country of origin that’s the problem. I may try again since I own several of this series I …
Excellent author
Slow start but came altogether at the end. An interesting and unique plot.
Something a little bit different!
He is such a good writer.Always enjoy his books.
Love all of this writers books