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In the depths of winter a killer stalks the city streets. Two women are found drowned in their own blood. A third woman is hanged from a diving board. YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS KILLING TO GO ON. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media is reaching fever pitch, and the police are running out of options. IT'S TIME THIS WAS STOPPED ... There is only one man who can help them catch the killer. But Inspector Harry Hole doesn't want to be found ... BECAUSE I HAVE APPOINTED THE NEXT VICTIM.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING MICHAEL FASSBENDER OVER 33 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE The first snow will come. A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf - wrapped around the neck of a snowman. And then he will appear again. As Harry Hole and his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. And when the snow is gone... When a second woman disappears it seems that Harry's worst suspicions are confirmed: for the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf. ...he will have taken someone else.

In Police, the last novel featuring Jo Nesbo'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.

Harry Hole faces a new rising enemy. 'A page-turner you won't want to put down' Time Out Harry 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. Evil is closer to home than he knows. Then a former WW2 Nazi sympathizer is found with his throat cut. Next, someone close to Harry is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night she was killed? As Harry's investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that the killer is hell-bent on serving his own justice. And while the link between the cases remains a mystery, one thing is certain: he must be stopped. But can Harry stop him in time? *JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 55 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE* *Watch out for KILLING MOON, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now*

The police urgently need Harry Hole A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated, but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help anyone For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the centre of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless people. But now, with those he loves most facing terrible danger, Harry can't protect anyone. Least of all himself.

Harry returns to Oslo to prove that the son of his old love could never be a killer when he is arrested for murder.

In the year 1013, Viking warriors raided an Egyptian tomb and unknowingly stole the greatest secret of the Old Testament. When a quirky archaeologist finds ancient Viking parchments containing runes and riddles, his mundane life is changed for good. These codes lead him on a quest for clues in mysterious places, from Egyptian tombs to antiquarian bookshops. Powerful forces are against him, but he manages to unveil a religious cover-up with potentially fatal consequences.

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 devils 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, and the five-pointed devils star is key to solving the riddle.

Oslo Police Detective Harry Hole is assigned to investigate a series of bank robberies of unparalleled savagery while at the same time absolving himself of the murder of his former girlfriend in a criminal investigation led by his longtime adversary Tom Waaler and Waaler's vigilante police force.

In een bankloket in Oslo krijgt de chef 25 seconden om de kluis te legen. Hij faalt en de overvaller schiet een vrouwelijke medewerker. Ondanks dat alles op video staat, staat de Oslo-politie machteloos tegenover de brute moord. Tegelijkertijd wordt Harry Hole naar een andere plaats delict geroepen, die de woning van zijn ex-vriendin blijkt te zijn. Nu is zij dood, en Harry's aartsvijand Tom Waaler aarzelt niet om te profiteren van het feit dat Harry de laatste was die de jonge vrouw in leven zag. Oslo wordt opgeschrikt door meer bankovervallen en Harry's wanhopige zoektocht naar de waarheid leidt hem naar een dorp in Brazilië en terug naar zijn eigen duistere verleden.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches comes a funny, dark, and twisted caper worthy of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers—about an aspiring art thief and the target who’s about to destroy his life. “If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and he’s a master of his profession. But one career simply can’t support his luxurious lifestyle and his wife’s fledgling art gallery. At an art opening one night he meets Clas Greve, who is not only the perfect candidate for a major CEO job, but also, perhaps, the answer to his financial woes: Greve just so happens to mention that he owns a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that’s been lost since World War II—and Roger Brown just so happens to dabble in art theft. But when he breaks into Greve’s apartment, he finds more than just the painting. And Clas Greve may turn out to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Roger Brown.

OVER 30 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you âe~fixâe(tm) people for a living âe" terminally âe" itâe(tm)s hard to get close to anyone. Now heâe(tm)s finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. Sheâe(tm)s his bossâe(tm)s wife. And Olavâe(tm)s just been hired to kill her. From the bestselling author of BAFTA-nominated Headhunters, comes Jo Nesboâe(tm)s Blood on Snow.

A golden relic, containing an ancient manuscript that could change the course of history, has been hidden in a monastery. But nobody knows where. One determined man sets out to find this sensational artefact and to trace its origins. His quest takes him via a scientific intelligence organization in London, a Middle Eastern outpost and a Crusaders' castle, as layer by layer he reveals the religious mysteries inside the Shrine of Sacred Secrets. Coined by critics as 'the Norwegian Da Vinci Code', Relic is a masterful concoction of history and intrigue.

Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings.

Een vrouwelijke privé-detective wordt door de directeur van een theater in Oslo overgehaald om haar oude beroep, actrice, op te pakken om de leden van zijn toneelgezelschap te bespioneren.

Een niet meer in actieve dienst zijnde Noorse politie-inspecteur raakt toch weer betrokken bij het onderzoek naar een aantal moorden.

Tone Saxe, eigenares van een sucessvolle kunstgalerie in het Noorse Trondheim, wordt vermoord aangetroffen in het huis van haar protégé en ex-minnaar. Een crime passionel, zo lijkt het, en al snel zijn drie mogelijke daders hun vrijheid kwijt. Maar volgens Anne-kin Halvorsen, die net haar opleiding aan de politieschool heeft afgerond, is de zaak veel gecompliceerder. Wat heeft een inbraak in de galerie met de moord te maken? En welke geheimen verbergt het shcilderij Sub rosa? Zij volgt haar intuïtie, tegen de heersende mening van haar collega's in, en komt tot een schokkende ontdekking. Sub rosa is een magisterale Noorse misdaadroman. Het boek werd bekroond met de Glazen Sleutel, de prijs voor het beste spannende boek in Scandinavië. Kim Småge (1945) wordt beschouwd als de nestor van de Noorse misdaadliteratuur.