Wolf Hour
the gripping new standalone thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author and crime sensation
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4.3 • 46 Ratings
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- £10.99
Publisher Description
'Hooks you in immediately' Daily Express
'Typically twisty Nesbo' The Sun
'Electrifying' Crime Monthly
**A NEW gritty standalone thriller from the global crime sensation**
'Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express
This killer has a story.
When a small-time crook is shot down in the streets of Minneapolis, all signs point to a lone wolf, a sniper who has vanished into thin air.
To tell it, he needs to get caught.
When the shooter strikes again, it’s maverick detective Bob Oz they call in to crack the case. They don’t think this victim will be the last.
And this wolf wants the world to know...
As the body count rises, Oz suspects something even more sinister is at play. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more disturbed he becomes. Because this serial killer reminds him of someone dangerous: himself.
He’s only just getting started.
Wolf Hour is an unputdownable thriller packed with unexpected twists, dark secrets and bubbling personal and political tension, from the king of the cliffhanger.
Looking for another thrilling Jo Nesbo fix? Blood Ties is available now!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nordic noir master Nesbø (Blood Ties) sets his sights on the American Midwest in this exquisitely plotted, darkly funny thriller that tackles gun control, police corruption, and psychological trauma in contemporary Minneapolis. The narrative toggles between two main plotlines. In one, disgraced police detective Bob Oz probes the attempted murder of a crooked gun dealer in 2016, an inquiry that develops into a serial killer investigation as more bodies pile up. In the other, crime novelist Holger Ruch pays a visit to Minneapolis in 2022, hoping to conduct research for his new book about a Midwestern policeman of Norwegian descent. Nesbø constructs poignant parallels between the members of his sprawling cast: for example, Oz's main suspect, Tomás Gomez, is a former hit man grappling with a family tragedy that mirrors the baggage of Mike Lunde, an overworked taxidermist who proves instrumental in providing Oz with clues. Meanwhile, interspersed among the main story threads are passages from the perspective of a killer who's simultaneously deranged and frighteningly logical. As the narratives converge and Nesbø reveals the precise nature of Ruch's connection to the case, readers will have no doubt they're in the hands of a brilliant storyteller. This soars.
