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Jo Nesbo is the author of Police (2014), The Oslo Trilogy (2010), Blood on Snow (2015), Bubble in the Bathtub (2011), Knife (2019), Phantom (2012).

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Police

release date: Jul 15, 2014
Police
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “invigorating must-read” installment (Newsweek) of the New York Times bestselling series, Inspector Harry Hole investigates a serial killer targeting Oslo’s police officers. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His brilliant insights and dedication to his job have saved countless lives over the years. But as the killer grows increasingly bold and the media reaction increasingly hysterical, the detective is nowhere to be found. This time, when those he loves and values most are facing terrible danger, Harry is in no position to protect anyone—least of all himself.

The Oslo Trilogy

release date: Dec 22, 2010
The Oslo Trilogy
A special bundle of three of Jo Nesbo''s award-winning crime titles starring the inimitable Detective Harry Hole. The Redbreast: A report of a rare and unusual gun being fired sparks Detective Harry Hole''s interest. Then a former soldier is found with his throat cut. Next, Harry''s former partner is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night she was killed? Nemesis: A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Harry begins his investigation but after a dinner with an old flame, wakes up with no memory of the last 12 hours. Then the girl is found dead and he begins to receive threatening emails: is someone is trying to frame him for her death? The Devil''s Star: When a young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat and a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star is found behind her eyelid, Harry is assigned the case alongside his long-time adversary Tom Waaler. On notice to quit the force, Harry is forced to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor when it becomes apparent that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands.

Blood on Snow

release date: Apr 07, 2015
Blood on Snow
From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels is an electrifying stand-alone thriller set in Oslo in the 1970s: the story of an unusually complicated contract killer—the perfectly sympathetic antihero—that is, as well, an edgy, lyrical meditation on death and love. Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you ''fix'' people for a living—terminally—it''s hard to get close to anyone. Olav’s latest job puts him at the pinnacle of his trade, just as he''s finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. She''s his boss''s wife. And Olav''s just been hired to kill her.

Bubble in the Bathtub

release date: Jan 04, 2011
Bubble in the Bathtub
Doctor Proctor and the kids (and the fart powder!) are back with a time traveling bathtub and a very special mission! It’s another fart-tastic adventure. The Fart Powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa couldn’t stop there. Next up: a time-travelling bathtub. You just hop in, lather up the Time Soap, and wish for where you’d like to go. Doctor Proctor has plans for this new invention. You see, he lost his true love years ago, when Juliette Margarine married an evil count. The good Doctor has never quite gotten over this, and he''s going back to change it. But when things go wrong, it''s up to Nilly and Lisa to travel back in time to right all wrongs and reunite the two lovebirds. Nothing is quite so simple in a Jo Nesbo book. Enter a herd of hippos, a scheming assistant, and Time Soap that keeps going awry, sending Nilly and Lisa to the storming of the Bastille! Fortunately, as in every Jo Nesbo book, the Fart Powder solves everything.

Knife

release date: Jul 09, 2019
Knife
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Brilliant, audaciously rogue police officer Harry Hole from The Snowman is back and in the throes of a new, unanticipated rage in this installment of the New York Times bestselling series—once again hunting the murderer who has haunted his entire career. “I can’t think of anyone who makes my skin crawl like Nesbo.”—The New York Times Book Review Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel—the only woman he''s ever loved—has ended it with him, permanently. He''s been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it''s in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison—free, and Harry is certain, unreformed and ready to take up where he left off. But things will get worse. When Harry wakes up the morning after a blackout, drunken night with blood that''s clearly not his own on his hands, it''s only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare the likes of which even he could never have imagined.

Phantom

release date: Mar 15, 2012
Phantom
**DETECTIVE HOLE IS NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES** ''Expertly plotted and structured...relentlessly paced...a compulsive page turner'' Independent on Sunday __________________________ Harry Hole is in trouble. The police don''t want him back... After the horrors of a case that nearly cost him his life, Harry Hole left Oslo and the police force far behind him. Now he''s back, but the case he''s come to investigate is already closed, and the suspect already behind bars. The criminals don''t want him back... Denied permission to reopen the investigation, Harry strikes out on his own, quickly discovering a trail of violence and mysterious disappearances apparently unnoticed by the police. At every turn, Harry is faced with a wall of silence. But Harry is not the only one interested in the case. From the moment he steps off the plane, someone is watching his every move. ...Someone wants him silenced _______________________ *JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 60 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series

release date: Apr 17, 2012
Jo Nesbo's Fart Powder Series
An eBook boxed set of Jo Nesbo''s Fart Powder series, featuring Doctor Proctor''s Fart Powder, Bubble in the Bathtub, and Who Cut the Cheese?. In Dr. Proctor''s Fart Powder, eleven-year-old Nilly moves to his new neighborhood in Oslo, Norway, and meets his neighbor, Doctor Proctor, an eccentric professor who invents wacky potions and powders—including an industrial strength fart powder that can send people to outer space. Bubble in the Bathtub features even more hijinks as Doctor Proctor has plans for a new invention. You see, he lost his true love years ago, when Juliette Margarine married an evil count. The good Doctor has never quite gotten over this, and he’s going back to change the course of history. But when things go wrong, it’s up to Nilly and Lisa to travel back in time to reunite the two lovebirds. In Who Cut the Cheese? Nilly, Lisa, and Doctor Proctor are too busy inventing things to watch TV, and everyone says they’re missing out on the hot singing competition. But then Nilly and Lisa notice that their friends and family are acting really weird. And the only people acting weird…are the ones watching TV.

The Thirst

release date: Jan 09, 2018
The Thirst
THERE''S A NEW KILLER ON THE STREETS, AND HE''S OUT FOR BLOOD. 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: 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.

The Redbreast

release date: Oct 08, 2019
The Redbreast
The third novel in the brilliant and epic Harry Hole series from the author of The Snowman—now available in a limited Olive Edition. “A fine novel, ambitious in concept, skillful in execution and grown-up in its view of people and events…. The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.”—Washington Post Book World Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his blunders he’s been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway’s dark past, when members of the government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany. More than sixty years later, this black mark won’t wash away—and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry and erratic policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a conspiracy is taking rapid and hideous shape around Hole...and Norway’s darkest hour may be still to come.

The Kingdom

release date: Nov 10, 2020
The Kingdom
Jo Nesbo, author of the bestselling Harry Hole crime series, is back with a vivid psychological thriller about the bond between orphaned brothers. How far would you go to be your brother''s keeper? Before Roy''s father died in the car crash that also killed Roy''s mother, he told his teenaged son that it was his job to protect his little brother, Carl, from the world and from Carl''s own impulsive nature. Roy took that job seriously, especially after the two were orphaned. But a small part of him was happy when Carl decided that the tiny town of Os in the mountains of Norway wasn''t big enough to hold him and took off to Canada to make his fortune. Which left Roy to pursue the quiet life he loved as a mechanic in the place where they grew up. Then suddenly an older Carl is back, full of big plans to develop a resort hotel on the family land, promising that not only will the brothers strike it rich, but so will the town. With him is his fierce and beautiful wife, Shannon, an architect he met on his travels, a woman who soon breaks down the lonely Roy''s walls. And Carl''s reappearance sparks something even more dangerous than envy in his brother''s heart--it sparks fear. Carl''s homecoming threatens to shake loose every carefully buried family secret. As psychologically acute as it is disturbing, with plot twists you never see coming, Jo Nesbo''s new novel is the work of a master of noir at the top of his game.

Nemesis

release date: Jan 01, 2021
Nemesis
4. díl krimi série o detektivu Harrym Holeovi. Začal podzim. V jedné bankovní pobočce v centru Osla dostává vedoucí pětadvacet vteřin na to, aby otevřel bankomat, vybral z něj peníze a naházel je do připravené kabely. Limit o šest vteřin překročí. Bankovní lupič ukáže do bezpečnostní kamery šest prstů, zastřelí jednu ze zaměstnankyň a beze stopy se vytratí. Kolotoč událostí se rozbíhá. A to podzim teprve začal...

Cockroaches

release date: Nov 28, 2013
Cockroaches
**DETECTIVE HOLE IS NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES** Harry Hole is back in a gripping twist-packed read. ''One of Nesbo''s most accomplished novels'' Financial Times Harry is on a special mission. Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It''s clear that the Ambassador''s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal. When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary. But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust? *JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 60 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

La sed / The Thirst

release date: May 21, 2019
La sed / The Thirst
La esperada nueva novela de Harry Hole, un caso inquietante en el que Jo Nesbø profundiza en la oscuridad del ser humano. Una abogada, especializada en apoyar a víctimas de abusos sexuales y violaciones, vuelve a casa tras una decepcionante cita concertada a través de Tinder. Un psicópata la espera en su dormitorio. Desgarra el cuello de la mujer con una dentadura de hierro. Inmediatamente se filtra a la prensa sensacionalista que en el lugar del crimen falta sangre de la víctima y que hay indicios de que el asesino se la ha bebido. Unos días después aparece otro cadáver y las circunstancias de su muerte no pueden ser solo una coincidencia... El director de la policía ve amenazadas sus aspiraciones políticas a causa de estos crímenes sin resolver y chantajea a Harry Hole para que acepte investigar el caso. Se inicia entonces una carrera contra reloj para evitar que la matanza continúe. Nada es lo que parece y Harry Hole recurre a un psiquiatra especialista en vampirismo para intentar entender la psique del asesino. Reseña: «El rey indiscutible de la novela negra.» -El Mundo ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Harry Hole returns in the eleventh installment of the best-selling, electrifying crime fiction series that includes The Bat, The Snowman, and, most recently, Police. In Police--the last novel featuring Jo Nesbø''s hard-bitten, maverick Oslo detective--a killer wreaking revenge on the police had Harry Hole fighting for the safety of the people closest to him. Now, in The Thirst, the story continues as Harry is inextricably drawn back into the Oslo police force. A serial murderer has begun targeting Tinder daters--a murderer whose MO reignites Harry''s hunt for a nemesis of his past.

Midnight Sun

release date: Jun 01, 2016
Midnight Sun
The new book from the number one bestselling author of The Son and The Snowman, Jo Nesbo Jon is on the run. He has betrayed Oslo''s biggest crime lord: The Fisherman. Fleeing to an isolated corner of Norway, to a mountain town so far north that the sun never sets, Jon hopes to find sanctuary amongst a local religious sect. Hiding out in a shepherd''s cabin in the wilderness, all that stands between him and his fate are Lea, a bereaved mother and her young son, Knut. But while Lea provides him with a rifle and Knut brings essential supplies, the midnight sun is slowly driving Jon to insanity. And then he discovers that The Fisherman''s men are getting closer...

The Night House

release date: Oct 10, 2024
The Night House
In the wake of his parents'' tragic deaths fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, no one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie. No one, that is, except the enigmatic Karen, who encourages Richard to pursue clues the police refuse to investigate. He traces the number to an abandoned house in the woods. There he catches a glimpse of a terrifying face in the window. And then the voices start. When another classmate disappears, Richard grapples with the dark magic that''s possessing Ballantyne to try and find them before its too late...[Bokinfo].
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