The Redeemer
A Harry Hole Novel (6)
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4.3, 177 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
Inspector Harry Hole pursues an assassin bent on revenge in this installment of Jo Nesbø’s New York Times bestselling series.
Shots ring out at a Salvation Army Christmas concert in Oslo, leaving one of the singers dead in the street. The trail will lead Harry Hole, Oslo’s best investigator and worst civil servant, deep into the darkest corners of the city and, eventually, to Croatia.
An assassin forged in the war-torn region has been brought to Oslo to settle an old debt. As the police circle in, the killer becomes increasingly desperate and the danger mounts for Harry and his colleagues.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The first chapter of Nesb 's highly suspenseful sixth Harry Hole thriller introduces 17-year-old Robert Karlsen and his year older brother, Jon, who in 1991 are cadets at a Salvation Army retreat in the Norwegian countryside, where a 14-year-old girl is sexually assaulted. In the next chapter, 22 years later, detective Hole is winding up the investigation of a drug-related murder in Oslo. The main action begins when a Serbian hit man, Cristo Stankic, shoots Robert on a crowded city street, though his intended target was Jon and that's when the pace really picks up. As the title suggests, the search for redemption is on redemption through violence. The deeply flawed Hole is his familiar self: difficult and disrespectful, brilliant and intuitive. At times the book feels padded with lengthy asides and banter, but the primary narrative, told in powerful prose, never fails to grip. Series fans should note that later entries have already appeared in the U.S., most recently Phantom (2012). Announced first printing of 150,000.
Customer Reviews
Good story with the usual twists
It got a bit tedious somewhere in the middle where the story just didn't go anywhere and I was getting a bit annoyed. But nesbo tied it all together in the end... Glad he isn't losing steam!!
The Redeemer
For a Nesbo book, this was an easy read and I really enjoyed it. The snow fell in my den as I read through the scenes. A surprise twist at the end gave Hole a new dimension. loved it!
