News

First look: The Son by Jo Nesbo

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Harvill Secker, the publisher of Norwegian author Jo Nesbo, has unveiled his newest book – The Son. Due out on 14 April, the 490-page proof of the book has landed with a boom on the CFL welcome mat, along with news that the book is…
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Cockroaches

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Written by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett — Although Cockroaches is the latest Harry Hole book from Jo Nesbo to appear in English, it was actually the second one written in the original Norwegian. It fits in between The Bat and The Redbreast, if…
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First look: Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo

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When Cockroaches is published on 28 November here in the UK, all 10 Harry Hole novels will be available in English. And, sadly, that probably won’t be enough for fans of Jo Nesbo, who can’t seem to get enough of the Norwegian author and his…
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Book Club

Police

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There is nothing new about bringing treasured characters back from the dead. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle responded to unprecedented public dismay by resurrecting Sherlock Holmes after his apparent demise at The Reichenbach Falls. After Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole appeared to meet a similarly violent end…
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Features

Interview: Jo Nesbo

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Yesterday saw the release of Jo Nesbo’s new novel, Police. With over 20 million books sold, the Norwegian author has become the most sought-after name in Scandinavian crime fiction and Police has been anxiously awaited by fans. The book is the ninth in the Harry…
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Police

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Written by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett — The staggering ending to Phantom left us all in disbelief. Could Harry Hole really be dead? In the ninth Harry Hole novel to be translated from Norwegian into English we find out. It opens with a…
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Phantom

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Estranged from Rakel and her son Oleg, whom you may know from previous books, Harry Hole returns to Olso when Oleg, now a drug dealer, kills another junkie. The youth looks very guilty but Harry Hole finds flaws in the obvious explanation and sets about…
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Phantom

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Written by Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett — If you’ve read Stieg Larsson’s dragon tattoo books and want more of that nordic noir then Jo Nesbo is just the thing, though you might find his work darker, and more dramatic. Phantom is his seventh…
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