The Snowman
- 550 pages
- 20 hours of reading
The first snowfall in Oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and Harry Hole is pitted against a brutal killer who will drive him to the edge.






The first snowfall in Oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and Harry Hole is pitted against a brutal killer who will drive him to the edge.
SONNY'S ON THE RUN Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins. HE'S BEEN LIED TO HIS WHOLE LIFE But then one prisoner's confession changes everything. He knows something about Sonny's disgraced father. SONNY WANTS REVENGE He needs to break out of prison and make those responsible pay for their crimes. WHATEVER THE COST
A tale moving from the final months of World War II to the present, and from the Russian front to contemporary South Africa, follows the dual adventures of a freedom-seeking war martyr and an alcoholic police officer who is drawn into a mystery with past origins
In 1848 a motley crew of Danish sailors sets sail from the small island town of Marstal to fight the Germans. Spanning four generations, two world wars and a hundred years, We, The Drowned is an epic tale of adventure, ruthlessness and passion.
Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas lives alone with his father, a man who likes to give his son lessons about life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomas' mother left when he was four (to `find' herself) and the story begins when father and son set off on a trip to Greece, where she now lives, to try to persuade her to come home. En route, in Switzerland, Hans Thomas is given a magnifying glass by a dwarf at a petrol station, and the next day he finds a tiny book in his bread roll which can only be read with a magnifying glass. How did the book come to be there? Why does the dwarf keep showing up? It is all very perplexing and Hans Thomas has enough to cope with, with the daunting prospect of seeing his mother. Now his journey has turned into an encounter with the unfathomable...or does it all have a logical explanation?
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.
The provocative, audacious, brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel that has unquestionably been the main event of contemporary European literature. It has earned favorable comparisons to its obvious literary forebears "A la recherche du temps perdu" and "Mein Kampf" but has been celebrated as the rare magnum opus that is intensely, addictively readable.
An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard. * Karl Ove Knausgaard's dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now * Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In the now infamously direct style of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be. 'Knausgaard finds the sublime in the everyday... Boyhood Island reverberates with the joys and anxieties of early youth, and Knausgaard brilliantly recreates their exaggerated feel' Times Literary Supplement
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.
OVER 33 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE 'This book had my pulse in the red zone from start to finish' Michael Connelly It is a freezing December night and Christmas shoppers have gathered to listen to a carol concert. Then a shot rings out and one of the singers falls to the floor, dead. Detective Harry Hole and his team are called in to investigate but have little to work with - there is no immediate suspect, no weapon and no motive. But when the assassin discovers he's shot the wrong man, Harry finds his troubles have only just begun. 'Nesbo is in a class of his own' Evening Standard 'Terrific shocks, tension and atmosphere' The Times
The international bestseller about life, the universe and everything. When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she…
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.
W Osle napadł pierwszy śnieg. Jonas rano wstaje i odkrywa, że jego matka zniknęła. Pozostaje po niej tylko jedna wskazówka – różowy szal, który jej podarował na Boże Narodzenie. Ma go na szyi bałwan. W poprzednią noc niespodziewanie pojawił się na podwórku, a jego czarne oczy patrzą prosto w dom. Sprawę bada inspektor Harry Hole, który niedawno otrzymał tajemniczy list podpisany Snehuliak. Sytuacja staje się jeszcze bardziej skomplikowana, gdy Harry odkrywa, że ten schemat się powtarza – w ciągu ostatnich dziesięciu lat zniknęło jedenaście kobiet, zawsze dokładnie w dniu, gdy spadł pierwszy śnieg. Dochodzenie jest dla Harry'ego tym trudniejsze, że dotyczy jego nowej koleżanki, a także ukochanej Rachel. Sprawa Snehuliaka doprowadza go na skraj szaleństwa. Brilantnie wykreowane postacie i narastające napięcie są gwarancją emocjonującej opowieści, jaką potrafi napisać tylko mistrz współczesnych thrillerów Jo Nesbø.
Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings.
A Harry Hole Thriller
John Hilling jest świadkiem dotkliwego pobicia prostytutki. Stając w jej obronie doznaje obrażeń. Nieoczekiwanie z pomocą przychodzi mu były żołnierz, który od dłuższego czasu obserwuje kopenhaskie środowisko nielegalnych imigrantek. Wspólnie starają się odkryć prawdę o mrocznym życiu prostytutek. Zagłębiają się w niebezpieczny świat handlu żywym towarem, gangsterów, nieuczciwych biznesmenów i skorumpowanych policjantów. Od tej pory nie są już bezpieczni... Nikt nie jest bezpieczny…
W zasypanym śniegiem Oslo inspektor Harry Hole ściga nieuchwytnego płatnego zabójcę z byłej Jugosławii. Przeczesuje środowiska narkomanów, dewiantów, członków Armii Zbawienia wyczekujących nowego zbawiciela, który ma ich wyzwolić od beznadziei życia - choćby przez śmierć. Inspektor Harry Hole to policyjny anarchista stosujący metody dalekie od procedur, nieprzystosowany do życia nałogowy palacz i alkoholik. Przed wyrzuceniem na bruk chroni go jednak to, że jest niezwykle inteligentnym i efektywnym policjantem. Ma także parasol ochronny, który rozpina nad nim Bjarne Moller, jego przyjaciel i bezpośredni przełożony.