Harry Hole

1. díl krimi série o detektivu Harrym Holeovi. V Austrálii je nalezena mrtvá norská dívka. Vše poukazuje na to, že byla znásilněna a zavražděna. Oddělení vražd osloského policejního ředitelství vysílá do Sydney kriminalistu Harryho Holea, jehož úkolem je sekundovat místní policii při vyšetřování. Zároveň si zde má Harry odpočinout od problémů s alkoholem i psychických potíží. Při autonehodě totiž jeho vinou zemřel mladý kolega. Pasivně přihlížet a jen radit však Harry neumí, a tak se ve vyšetřování začíná navzdory nelibosti australských kolegů silně angažovat, zvláště poté, co vyjde najevo, že nejde o jedinou vraždu a že má policie patrně co do činění se sériovým vrahem. Harry se postupně dostává do prostředí pasáků, drogových dealerů, prostitutek, transvestitů, cirkusáků i boxerů a seznamuje se se světem a s legendami původních Austrálců a jejich prostřednictvím také s netopýrem – symbolem smrti.

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

Harry Hole, policista z Osla, je poslán do Sydney, aby zde objasnil vraždu mladé norské herečky Inger Holterové. S případem mu má pomoci jeho australský kolega Andrew Kensington, Aborigin. Oba nekonvenční policisté se brzy spřátelí a Hole se od Kensingtona dozvídá mnoho zajímavostí o Austrálii, její historii i o životě v samotném Sydney. Vražda Inger Holterové navíc není ojedinělým případem. Na celém západním pobřeží Austrálie jsou znásilňovány – a občas i zardoušeny – mladé blondýnky. Úkolem obou kriminalistů je dopadnout psychopatického vraha co nejdříve...

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.

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.

Během návštěvy amerického prezidenta v Norsku v roce 1999 detektiv Harry Hole (donucen okolnostmi) postřelí agenta americké tajné služby. Aby se skandál ututlal, je Harry od policie „uklizen“ k norské tajné službě, kde řeší spíše bezvýznamné případy. Druhá dějová linie nás zavádí do období druhé světové války do zákopů u Leningradu, kde po boku Němců bojuje skupina norských vojáků. Jeden z těchto vojáků se o mnoho let později, už jako stařec, dozvídá od svého lékaře, že umírá na rakovinu. Cítí, že než zemře, musí dokončit ještě jednu misi. Harry Hole ve své nové funkci v jedné svodce zachytí informaci, že do Norska byla propašována nebezpečná zbraň atentátníků, puška Märklin. Jeho nadřízení této informaci zprvu nepřikládají velký význam, ale Harry se případu začne intenzivně věnovat. Pak je zbraň poprvé použita a roztáčí se kolo dramatických událostí.

Grainy CCTV footage shows a man walking into a bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn't get his money in time, she is executed. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case. While Harry's girlfriend is away in Russia, an old flame gets in touch. He goes to dinner at her house and wakes up at home with no memory of the past twelve hours. The same morning the girl is found shot dead in her bed. Harry begins to receive threatening e-mails. Is someone trying to frame him for this unexplained death? Meanwhile the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery. Gripping and surprising, Nemesis is the new thriller by one of the biggest stars of Scandinavian crime fiction.

A pulse-racing Harry Hole thriller that will keep you guessing till the finale page. 'This tale of revenge has twists galore' Time Out Harry can't trust his own memory A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Detective Harry Hole begins his investigation, but after dinner with an old flame wakes up with no memory of the past 12 hours. Someone wants him out of this picture Then the girl is found dead in mysterious circumstances and he begins to receive threatening emails: is someone trying to frame him for her death? And they'll stop at nothing to fulfil their bloodlust... As Harry fights to clear his name, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery... *JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE* *Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now*

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 night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother's pink scarf.

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.

Determined to prove the innocence of a young man he helped raise, disgraced former cop Harry Hole embarks on an increasingly dangerous investigation linked to Oslo's most virulent street drug.

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.

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 brand new Harry Hole thriller from Sunday Times number one bestseller Jo Nesbo. JO NESBO. 40 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. 'Nesbo is one of the best thriller writers on the planet' Daily Express A man like Harry had better watch his back... Following the dramatic conclusion of number one bestseller THE THIRST, KNIFE sees Harry Hole waking up with a ferocious hangover, his hands and clothes covered in blood. Not only is Harry about to come face to face with an old, deadly foe, but with his darkest personal challenge yet. The twelfth instalment in Jo Nesbo's internationally bestselling crime fiction series.

'Not just an unbearably tense thriller but another of Nesbo's studies in love and loneliness... there are few greater crime writers' The Times 'Nesb is one of today's most interesting thriller writers, a 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight' Lee Child _________________________________ This killer will get inside your head... and there's nothing you can do to stop it When a body is found in the forest, the police make a horrifying discovery- her scalp has been removed and sewn back on. But they have no idea why. With a second woman reported missing, detectives fear their worst nightmare has come true. A serial killer is stalking the streets of Oslo. With time running out to find the woman, former detective Harry Hole is called in to think like a murderer thinks... and to track down this killer before they strike again. But Harry has ulterior motives for wanting to solve this case and, if he fails, there could be more than one life at risk. ________________________________ 'Nesbo deploys all the key ingredients of a cracking good thriller... effortless' Guardian 'The undisputed king of Scandinavian crime fiction' The Times