Jo Nesbo

Broschiertes Buch

The Redbreast

Beschreibung

Harry Hole faces a new rising enemy. 'A page-turner you won't want to put down' Time OutHarry knows he shouldn't get involved. A report of a rare and unusual gun - a type favoured by assassins - being smuggled into the country sparks Detective Harry Hole's interest.

Autor

Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers. When commissioned to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, Di Derre, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat . His books The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife have all since topped the Sunday Times charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 51 languages, selling over 60 million copies around the world.

Produktdetails

• Harry Hole
• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 650985
• Seitenzahl: 618
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 126mm x 195mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780099546771
• ISBN-10: 0099546779
• Artikelnr.: 26906674

Rezensionen

"Reading The RedBreast is like watching a hit movie.... The pacing is swift. The plot is precise and intricate.... The Redbreast is surprisingly witty at times and often grim. But it's always smart." - USA Today

"An elegant and complex thriller . . . Ingenious design. . . . Harrowingly beautiful scenes." - New York Times Book Review

"Certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction." - Washington Post Book World

"Reading THE REDBREAST is like watching a hit movie. Author Jo Nesbo's scenes are so vivid that you can imagine them playing across the big screen. The pacing is swift. The plot is precise and

intricate. The characters are intriguing." - USA Today

"Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking." - Daily Telegraph (London)

"Paced to grip and twiddle with your insides, this is a fine thriller." - Sunday Sport

"Original...demands concentration but it's worth the effort." - Literary Review

"Shifting effortlessly between the last days of WWII on the Eastern front and modern day Oslo, Norwegian Nesbø spins a complex tale of murder, revenge and betrayal. . . . Perfectly paced and painfully suspenseful." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"[A] bold, ambitious thriller." - Kirkus Reviews