Nemesis
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4.2 • 307 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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How do you catch a killer when you're the number one suspect?
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. Then the girl is found dead in mysterious circumstances and he beings to receive threatening emails: is someone trying to frame him for her death?
As Harry fights to clear his name, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two thrillers with the same title one a contemporary Norwegian crime novel, the other a historical featuring legendary lawman Eliot Ness are due in the new year.NemesisJo Nesb , trans. from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. Harper, (480p) When a bank teller is shot during a holdup at the start of Norwegian bestseller Nesb 's beautifully executed heist drama, Oslo Insp. Harry Hole investigates, along with Beate L nn, a young detective with the ability to remember every face she's ever seen. Meanwhile, Harry receives a call from Anna Bethsen, a woman he hasn't seen in years. After he meets Anna, recovering alcoholic Harry awakens the next morning with a hangover and the news that Anna is dead, apparently by her own hand. While Harry quietly looks into Anna's death, he and Beate uncover ties in their bank robbery case to one of Norway's most notorious bank robbers, who's currently in prison. The deeper Harry digs, the clearer it becomes that Anna's death is linked to the robbery. Expertly weaving plot lines from Hole's last outing to feature the inspector, The Redbreast (2007), Nesb delivers a lush crime saga that will leave U.S. readers clamoring for the next installment.
Customer Reviews
Nemesis
Gripping throughout; unexpected twists and turns keeping the reader in detective mode from beginning to end!
Recommended...
The storyline is great, with really good characters but the translation is also fantastic and not at all clunky, like so many other foreign translated novels I've read.
Donnbhoy
Excellent read.