Harry Hole
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  • 1
    The Bat: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 1 | Jo Nesbo
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    The Bat: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 1

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    • By Jo Nesbo
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    Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim.

    Probably the best of this remarkable series.

    This is my favorite series in this genre and my favorite book in the series. It answers many mysteries concerning Harry Hole's history while exposing ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 08 2012 by Charles (Greensboro, NC, United States)
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    The Bat: The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel

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    • By Jo Nesbø
    • Narrated By John Lee
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    Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The Snowman tried to take everything he held dear, he went to Australia. Harry Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl who was working in a bar. Initially sidelined as an outsider, Harry becomes central to the Australian police investigation when they start to notice a number of unsolved rape and murder cases around the country. The victims were usually young blondes. Inger had a number of admirers, each with his own share of secrets, but there is no obvious suspect.

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  • 3
    The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 3 | Jo Nesbo
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    The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 3

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    • By Jo Nesbo
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    Harry Hole, drunkard, loner and brilliant detective is reassigned to surveillance after a high profile mistake. He’s bored by his new job until a report of a rare and unusual gun being fired sparks his interest because of its possible links to Neo Nazi activity. 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 her head was smashed in?

    Good Harry Hole Book

    I enjoyed listening to this book although the plot was bit predicable. The way the charaters were intertwined made for interesting listening. Sean Bar..Show More »

    Reviewed on Feb 13 2012 by Lia (Sutton, Australia)
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    The Redbreast | Jo Nesbo
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    The Redbreast

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    It is 1944: Daniel, a soldier, legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the Russian front, is killed. Two years later, a wounded soldier wakes up in a Vienna hospital. He becomes involved with a young nurse, the consequences of which will ripple forward to the turn of the next century. In 1999, Harry Hole, alone again after having caused an embarrassment in the line of duty, has been promoted to inspector and is lumbered with surveillance duties. He is assigned the task of monitoring neo-Nazi activities....

    Better than the book!

    Robin Sachs gives an outstanding reading to three of Nesbo's novels. Listen to this before Devil's Star and the Snowman. "Redbreast" should be the fir..Show More »

    Reviewed on Aug 03 2011 by Richard (Boston, MA, United States)
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    Nemesis | Jo Nesbø
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    Nemesis

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    • By Jo Nesbø
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    Captured on closed-circuit television: A man walks into an Oslo bank, puts a gun to a cashier’s head, and tells her to count to 25. When he doesn’t get his money fast enough, he pulls the trigger. The young woman dies—and two million Norwegian kroner disappear without a trace.

    What a difference a narrator makes

    Couldn't listen to the narrator after five minutes. And I've just listened to three other Nesbo books in the Harry Hole series in the last two weeks. ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Aug 03 2011 by Richard (Boston, MA, United States)
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    Nemesis: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 4 | Jo Nesbo
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    Nemesis: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 4

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    Grainy CCTV footage shows a man walking into a bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn’t get his money in time, she is executed. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case. While Harry’s girlfriend is away in Russia, an old flame gets in touch. He goes to dinner at her house and wakes up at home with no memory of the past twelve hours. The same morning the girl is found shot dead in her bed. Then Harry begins to receive threatening e-mails.

    Jo Nesbo at his best

    In the tradition of the great European crime novels like "The Laughing Policeman", "Smilla's Sense of Snow" and Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series, N..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 08 2012 by Lia (Sutton, Australia)
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    The Devil’s Star: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 5 | Jo Nesbo
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    The Devil’s Star: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 5

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    young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star – a pentagram, the devil’s star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work. A wave of similar murders is on the horizon. An emerging pattern suggests that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands....

    A Great Read Becomes a Magnificent Listen

    My first exposure to this author was the old fashioned visual experience in taking Nesbo's book, "The Redeemer" to read on vacation. That was such a ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jul 23 2012 by Russell (Keswick, ON, Canada)
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    The Devil's Star | Jo Nesbo
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    The Devil's Star

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    A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the devil’s star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work. A wave of similar murders is on the horizon....

    New Steig Larsson? Hah! The new Raymond Chandler!
    Reviewed on Dec 12 2011 by J.R. (Arlington, VA, United States)
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    The Redeemer: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 6 | Jo Nesbo
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    The Redeemer: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 6

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    One freezing night in Oslo Christmas shoppers gather to listen to a Salvation Army street concert. An explosion cuts through the music, and a man in uniform falls to the ground, shot in the head at point-blank range.Harry Hole and his team have little to work with: no immediate suspect, no weapon and no motive. But when the assassin discovers he has shot the wrong man, Harry Hole’s troubles have only just begun.

    Recommended without reservation

    I'm obviously behind the times, but have just discovered Jo Nesbo. Beautifully written, really well plotted and excellent character development. It's ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jun 16 2011 by Christian (Christchurch, New Zealand)
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    The Snowman | Jo Nesbo
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    The Snowman

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    Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother’s pink scarf. Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he’s received and the disappearance of Jonas’s mother - and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn....

    many layered thriller

    Excellent story telling. Great narration. I love Michael Connelly's books, and his reccomendation of this author contributed to my decision to buy The..Show More »

    Reviewed on May 20 2011 by Anita (Riegelsville, PA, United States)
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    The Snowman: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 7 | Jo Nesbo
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    The Snowman: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 7

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    The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother’s pink scarf.Inspector Harry Hole is convinced there is a link between the disappearance and a menacing letter he received some months earlier.

    Brrrrr...

    Chillingly intricate plot plus superlative narration by Sean Barrett make this a thoroughly gripping listen. It the Audible equivalent of a "can't put..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 22 2010 by Anna (Carcassonne, France)
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    The Redeemer: Harry Hole, Book 6

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    • By Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett (translator)
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    Christmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street. An explosion cuts through the music and the bitter cold: One of the singers falls dead, shot in the head at point-blank range. Harry Hole - the Oslo Police Department’s best investigator and worst civil servant - has little to work with: no suspect, no weapon, and no motive. But Harry’s troubles will multiply. As the search closes in, the killer becomes increasingly desperate, and Harry’s chase takes him to the most forbidden corners of the former Yugoslavia. Yet it’s when he returns to Oslo that he encounters true darkness....

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    The Leopard: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 8 | Jo Nesbo
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    The Leopard: A Harry Hole Thriller, Book 8

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    • By Jo Nesbo
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    In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four inexplicable puncture wounds, both drowned in their own blood. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media is reaching fever pitch, and the police are running out of options. There is only one man who can help them, and he doesn’t want to be found.

    If you liked The Snowman, you'll love The Leopard!

    I just loved listening to this book and boy is it a long book! However, the story is captivating and thrilling from the very beginning to the end and ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 29 2011 by Richard (Weltevreden Park, South Africa)
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    The Leopard: A Harry Hole Novel, Book 8 | Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett (translator)
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    The Leopard: A Harry Hole Novel, Book 8

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    • By Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett (translator)
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    Two young women are found murdered in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer? The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the one man who might be able to help doesn't want to be found. Traumatized by his last case, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong's opium dens. Yet when he is compelled, at last, to return to Norway - his father is dying - Harry's buried instincts begin to take over. Then a female MP is discovered brutally murdered.

    Simply Fantastic! A great buy!

    I have to say I've enjoyed the Harry Hole series just as much as the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, if not more. The detective work is fascinating and clever...Show More »

    Reviewed on Dec 29 2011 by Charles (Greensboro, NC, United States)
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    Phantom | Jo Nesbø
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    Phantom

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    • By Jo Nesbø
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    When Harry left Oslo again for Hong Kong - fleeing the traumas of life as a cop - he thought he was there for good. But then the unthinkable happened. The son of the woman he loved, lost, and still loves is arrested for murder: Oleg, the boy Harry helped raise but couldn't help deserting when he fled. Harry has come back to prove that Oleg is not a killer. Barred from rejoining the police force, he sets out on a solitary, increasingly dangerous investigation that takes him deep into the world of the most virulent drug to ever hit the streets.

    Jo Nesbo hates Harry Hole
    Reviewed on Nov 06 2012 by Fran Murphy (Kensington, MD USA)