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    Phantom
    Police
    The Redbreast
    The Thirst
    The snowman
    The Leopard
    • De Oslo-trilogie. Nemesis

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      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.

      De Oslo-trilogie. Nemesis2017
      3.8
    • The Thirst

      • 632 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      A woman is found murdered after an internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer. Under pressure from the media to find the murderer, the force know there's only one man for the job. But Harry Hole is reluctant to return to the place that almost took everything from him.

      The Thirst2017
      4.5
    • Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard to get close to anyone. Now 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. From the bestselling author of BAFTA-nominated Headhunters, comes Jo Nesbo's Blood on Snow: a short, sharp shock of a thriller.

      Blood on snow2015
      3.8
    • Politie / druk 6

      • 506 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

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

      Politie / druk 62014
    • OVER 33 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE 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.

      Police2013
      4.2
    • Harry Hole is back in Oslo. He's been away for some time, but his ghosts have a way of catching up with him. The case that brings him back is already closed. There is no room for doubt; the young junkie was shot dead by a fellow addict. Denied permission to reopen the investigation, Harry strikes out on his own. Beneath the city's eerie tranquillity, he discovers a trail, of violence and mysterious disappearances seemingly unnoticed by the police. At every turn Harry is faced with a conspiracy of silence. (From back cover).

      Phantom2012
      4.1
    • Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. But it's work, not pleasure. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and no witnesses have come forward. The ambassador had close ties to the Norwegian prime minister, and to avoid a scandal Harry is sent there to hush up the case. But he quickly discovers that there is much more going on behind the scenes and very few people willing to talk. When Harry lays hands on some CCTV footage that will help him unravel what happened that night, 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 in Bangkok.

      Cockroaches2012
      3.8
    • Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings.

      The Bat2011
      3.5
    • The snowman

      • 550 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      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.

      The snowman2010
      4.5
    • Roger Brown has it all: Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve.

      Headhunters2010
      3.8
    • The Devil´s Star

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      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. An emerging pattern suggests that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands, and the five-pointed devil's star is key to solving the riddle.

      The Devil´s Star2010
      4.1
    • 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.

      Nemesis2010
      4.0
    • 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.

      The Leopard2009
      4.5
    • The guardians of the covenant

      • 514 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      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.

      The guardians of the covenant2009
      4.1
    • The Redbreast

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins 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, alcoholic, error-prone 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 Redbreast2008
      4.3
    • Relic : the quest for the golden shrine

      • 418 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      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.

      Relic : the quest for the golden shrine2005
      3.7
    • Geen applaus voor de moordenaar

      • 252 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      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.

      Geen applaus voor de moordenaar2001
    • Sub rosa

      • 244 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      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.

      Sub rosa2000