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The Thirst
Harry Hole (Related to this series)
- Author
- Jo Nesbo
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 20 April 2017
- Run Time
- 17 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
*DETECTIVE HOLE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES*
There's a new killer on the streets.
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.
And he's out for blood.
Under pressure from the media to solve the crime, 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. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case...
'The king of all crime writers' Sunday Express
'Fast-moving...stunning' The Sunday Times
'What distinguishes Jo Nesbo...is his wry sense of humour. He not only provides a super-complex plot with plenty of twists...but also skilfully continues the lives of the all-too-fallible characters we have grown to love and hate' Evening Standard
© Jo Nesbo 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2017
Critics Review
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An extremely gruesome journey to the darker recesses of human nature, this grisly treat will delight Nesbo’s fans
Mirror
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It’s a big-boned, Technicolor epic in the current Nesbo style, starting adagio and ending accelerando, but with the kind of close psychological character readings that distinguished his early work
Guardian
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An epic tale that will delight fans of the bestselling series… There is always a risk that if you resurrect a much-loved series after a long break it will not reach its previous highs. But The Thirst is Nesbo at his glorious best with even the minor characters wonderfully drawn. This tense, nerve-shredding tale is impossible to put down as it hurtles towards a stunning finale. Nesbo is one of the best thriller writers on the planet
Daily Express
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Gripping from the get-go, deliciously dark and expertly plotted, this is Nesbo at his brilliant best
Heat
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Expertly plotted with vividly drawn characters, frenetic police chases and philosophising villains [...] Expect to be thoroughly entertained
Crime Fiction Lover
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Fast-moving...stunning
Sunday Times
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[The Thirst is] a breath-taking reading experience... Nesbo is the master when it comes to building a long and increasingly steep dramatic curve... The pace in The Thirst is somewhat calmer than in the previous Harry Hole books, more of a waltz than a rock and roll, until we're a bit more than halfway through. But from there on, it's full on action with blood gushing and splattering until the last page is turned
Verdens Gang, Norway
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The Thirst like its stablemates is a bulky but zippy 500-pager which never loiters in one place for long. Nesbø keeps you guessing with his usual bag of tricks, making everyone seem a little suspect (or almost everyone). His cynicism about bent coppers and unscrupulous journalists is an inexhaustible and entertaining sideshow...if you liked the other ten, you'll greedily sink your teeth into this
Arts Desk
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Jo Nesbo is on top form... [The Thirst is] a spell-binding story about brutal crimes and ambitions gone astray
Dagbladet, Norway
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One cannot but rejoice at this reunion with Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole
Krimifan.dk, Denmark
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Details
- Author
- Jo Nesbo
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Duration
- 17 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 April 2017
- ISBN
- 9781473547636
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.*DETECTIVE HOLE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES*There's a new killer on the streets.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.And he's out for blood.Under pressure from the media to solve the crime, 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. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case...'The king of all crime writers' Sunday Express'Fast-moving...stunning' The Sunday Times'What distinguishes Jo Nesbo...is his wry sense of humour. He not only provides a super-complex plot with plenty of twists...but also skilfully continues the lives of the all-too-fallible characters we have grown to love and hate' Evening Standard© Jo Nesbo 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2017
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