The Redbreast
2000 • 521 pages

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"The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and design—winner of The Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel and selected as the best Norwegian crime novel ever written by members of Norway’s book clubs—The Redbreast is a chilling tale of murder and betrayal that ranges from the battlefields of World War Two to the streets of modern-day Oslo. Follow Hole as he races to stop a killer and disarm a ticking time-bomb from his nation’s shadowy past."--Goodreads.com.

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13 primary books

Harry Hole

Harry Hole is a 13-book series with 13 primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Jo Nesbø.

Der Fledermausmann
Cockroaches
The Redbreast
Trzeci klucz
La estrella del diablo
The redeemer
The Snowman
The Leopard
Fantôme
Police
La Soif
Het mes

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1 1/2 stars. Uncomfortably and unduly complicated. I enjoyed the previous books in this series, but I had to force myself to finish this one. And although I am a voracious reader, I had a great deal of trouble keeping track of who was who, even in the denouement.

August 29, 2019

2.5

November 27, 2017

Jo Nesbo is definitely one of the best crime writers nowadays.

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