Phantom

De: Jo Nesbo

Narrado por: Robin Sachs

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is coming soon to Netflix • An “addictive page-turner” (Los Angeles Times)—Inspector Harry Hole attempts to exonerate his would-be son Oleg in this installment of the New York Times bestselling series.

When Harry Hole moved to Hong Kong, he thought he was escaping the traumas of his life in Oslo and his career as a detective for good. But now, the unthinkable has happened—Oleg, the boy he helped raise, has been arrested for killing a man. Harry can't believe that Oleg is a murderer, so he returns to hunt down the real killer.

Although he's off the police force, he still has a case to solve that will send him into the depths of the city’s drug culture, where a shockingly deadly new street drug is gaining popularity. This most personal of investigations will force Harry to confront his past and the wrenching truth about Oleg and himself.

Somewhat Disappointing

I've read and enjoyed all of Jo Nesbo's books but I found this one too long. Twist, after twist, after twist became tedious. I could have used a few less characters and a few less hours of narration. Didn't really appreciate the rat's point of view either.
Robin Sachs did his usual wonderful job narrating.

Dark, Twisty and Heartwrenching- Harry Hole

The best crime novel I've listened to in a long, long time. I had to rewind the end twice to be sure I heard right! It was a shocker! In this novel, Harry Hole is every bit the tortured detective with a heart of gold and penchant for self torment. The other characters are also deeply layered. Jo Nesbo eloquently illustrates the thinnest strands of the human heart that seem to tether us to one fate or another. A bad decision, an impulse, such tiny things can have such an effect on our lives. The twists are frequent, and don't fall into the typical cliches that poison so much crime fiction. In retrospect, I could have predicted some of the plot reversals, but an unconscious sense of optimism blinded me to what should have been obvious. The end result was a book that was very tense- when the traps were sprung, I gasped! Listening to the heartbreak that Harry has, and also brings to others, was at times stomach churning.

I love Robin Sachs elegant, tough and exhausted portrayal of the guy whose live is defined by his failures. Infinitely listenable.

always good and so twisty

just when you think you get what's happening... something else surfaces. this was a reread and I really had to pay attention

Can Nesbo get any better?

I was blown away for how much I love and hate Harry Hole. He's infuriating, caring but careless. I didn't expect the book story to end the way it did. What a twist without being forced. Love this series. Can't wait to see the movie starring Michael Fassbender.

Nesbo's Harry Hole is the best detective series.

I've never been disappointed in any Of Nesbo's works. This one is particularly painful because of the extreme abuse Harry Hole endures. Someone wrote that Nesbo hates Harry Hole, given the physical and emotional abuse Hole endures throughout the series. He does start out a tall, handsome guy with a drinking problem and slowly digresses into a homely, bulbous nose, physically and emotionally scarred drunk and junkie.

But what attracts me to this character is how honest and clever he is with solving crimes, while enduring so much suffering. I hope this series never ends.