#1 International Best Seller In this electrifying new thriller from the author of Police and The Snowman, Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims . . . on Tinder. The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue—fragments of rust and paint in her wounds—leaves the investigating team baffled. Two days later, there’s a second murder: … Two days later, there’s a second murder: a woman of the same age, a Tinder user, an eerily similar scene.
The chief of police knows there’s only one man for this case. But Harry Hole is no longer with the force. He promised the woman he loves, and he promised himself, that he’d never go back: not after his last case, which put the people closest to him in grave danger.
But there’s something about these murders that catches his attention, something in the details that the investigators have missed. For Harry, it’s like hearing “the voice of a man he was trying not to remember.” Now, despite his promises, despite everything he risks, Harry throws himself back into the hunt for a figure who haunts him, the monster who got away.
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“Exceptional . . . Nesbo depicts a heartbreakingly conflicted Harry, who both wants to forget the horrors he’s trying to prevent and knows he has to remember them in all their grim detail.”
—Publishers Weekly
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The latest in the wonderful Harry Hole series. Jo Nesbo continues to thrill with the almost dark adventures of the Norwegian detective Harry Hole. The stories are interesting, slightly twisted and you either love or hate Hole, he is a unique hero. Great Scandinavian crime fiction.
Yes I enjoyed this book. A real twist on the idea of a modern vampire. Though it was a page turner it did keep you guessing, I did have my suspicions quite early on where it was going, but I still wanted to know. One thing I did find was the ending was drawn out.
Jo Nesbo writes great thrillers. His Harry Hole series never disappoints. Definitely a page turner. The whole series is great with lots of character development over the course of the series. While its entertaining knowing the history of the characters, its definitely not necessary to have ready the prior books to enjoy this.
Not up to Nesbo’s high standards for the Harry Hole series. Plot is too far-fetched, book takes a strange, unrealistic path toward the end
Superior author
Clunkier than his usual, with the usual over-the-top gore.
Nesbo at his best.
I’m a fan of Harry Hole books and this one was a good one.
A psychological page turner.
Nesbo gives many surprise scenarios which make it fun.
Great read.
Like all of the Harry Hole series, dark but engaging with a horrible, cagey villain pursued by a detective with feet of clay.
All of the Harry Hole works are incredibly well written. They are also sad in that the main character seens intent on destroying himself while saving so many others. The look into the twisted mind of the villains is disturbing yet mezmorizing.
In general, I am big Jo Nesbo fan so was very happy when Harry Hole made a comeback. On reading The Thirst I’m unsure if Nesbo made the right move. It’s overwritten and trying too hard. It just isn’t his best work. I can’t recommend it. Stick to the earlier stuff if you have a choice. Everything from the Redbreast to Police is excellent.
The opening of the eleventh entry in the Harry Hole series finds the famed Norwegian detective happily retired from the homicide division and teaching at the police academy. He’s clean, sober and recently married, building his relationship with his wife and his stepson. Hard as is may be to believe, Harry Hole is actually happy.
Any fan of the series knows that this can’t possibly last long, and Harry fears it as well–he knows that his life is too good to be true. Sure enough, when two women are murdered in a particularly fiendish way after accepting Tinder dates, it’s clear that a new serial killer is haunting Oslo. And, of course, Harry Hole has built his reputation on hunting serial killers. No one does it better. But when the Police Chief asks Harry to return to homicide and help track down the killer, Harry refuses, insisting that he will not sink back into that swamp again. The chief, though, brings pressure to bear, effectively making Harry an offer that he cannot refuse, and soon Hole is back on the job, running his own small team in an effort parallel to the main investigation.
The plot thickens when Harry realizes that the person most likely guilty of the crimes is an old nemesis who eluded capture a few years earlier, and soon the chase is one with Harry and his old antagonist battling it out.
The killer is a monster of the first magnitude and this novel flirts with crossing into the realm of the horror genre. Like all of the books in this series, psychological themes are front and center, and the most interesting case study is Harry Hole himself, who remains one of the most complicated and compelling figures in crime fiction. A lot of the earlier cast members are present for this outing, and as always, the tension is thick.
It’s very hard to say more about the plot without giving too much away; suffice it to say that the plot is complex and turns in a number of unexpected ways. It’s another page-turner from Jo Nesbo that will keep readers up well into the night and scare the living daylights out of a lot of them in the process.
I love this author. He writes great stories that keep you guessing, and wanting more. the characters have quality, but are not the perfect person side. They have issues, and it makes the character more appealing. The books has a lot of twists that keep you turning the pages. It’s easy to read, doesn’t get bogged down in minor details.
This is one of Jo Nesbo best books. I love his books. He is one of the great crime writers we have today.
Excellent read…hard to put down
What a twist!
This book was recommended to me so I downloaded it and it was a page turner, couldn’t put it down.