Jo nesbo books chronological

Typically, the victims were young blondes. Despite the fact that there is no obvious suspect and the pattern of the other crimes appears impossible to unravel, Inger had a number of admirers, each of whom had his own set of secrets. After that, a circus performer is brutally killed, and another young woman follows suit. Harry must stop a highly intelligent killer who is determined to cause complete destruction in a race against time.

Inspector Harry Hole is sent from Oslo to help keep the case quiet after the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel. But when Harry gets there, he finds out that this case involves much more than just one random murder. Behind the scenes, there is something else, more pervasive, scrambling about. That is to say, behind the walls of your hotel room are hundreds of cockroaches for every one you see.

Due to his transgressions, Detective Harry Hole has been reassigned to routine surveillance duties. An irate, alcoholic, and prone to errors policeman must now navigate his way safely past the mirrors and traps of a twisted criminal mind with only a stained and guilty conscience as his guide. Around Hole, a hideous conspiracy is rapidly developing, and Norway may yet face its darkest hour.

I have read all that Jo Nesbo had written to this point, and found authors with similar writing styles. For the most part. Arnaldur Inridsason and Sebastian Fitzek. Harry Hole is enlisted and dispatched to deal with it and to stop the case from being made public. On his arrival in Bangkok, he realizes that the case is just the tip of the iceberg, with something sinister looming beneath.

Not unlike how a few cockroaches imply the presence of a multitude of cockroaches hiding in the walls. As he investigates further, he realizes that no one want him to make inquiries, not even himself. English: The Redbreast Daniel, a legendary Norwegian soldier fighting tooth and nail against the progress of Bolshevism on the Russian frontlines, is killed.

A few years later, a wounded soldier gains consciousness in a hospital in Vienna.

Jo nesbo books chronological

His interaction and involvement with a young nurse cause lasting consequences that affect the next century. He is assigned to monitor neo-Nazi activities; very humdrum until his interest is piqued by a report of the firing of a rare and strange gun. As he begins to investigate, the death of a former soldier by with his throat slit, plunges Harry into a quest that will see him racing from South Africa to all the way in Vienna in a bid to outwit and capture the killer.

Harry Hole is in the middle of investigating a bank robbery case, with CCTV footage of a man shooting and killing a cashier at the bank. After a dinner date with an ex-girlfriend, he wakes up the next morning with no recollection of the events of the past 12 hours. In such a flummoxing situation, he struggles to clear his name, while the bank robberies continue unchecked.

The case is assigned to Harry Hole and his enduring foe Tom Waaler. Although Harry is reluctant to take on the case, being on notice to quit his job, he has no choice but to get on with the investigation. With the emergence of a wave of similar murders, the pattern points towards a serial killer on the loose. A shot rings out at the Salvation Army Christmas concert, and a man is murdered.

The face of the killer is caught on film by a press photographer present at the concert. When the photos are examined, the identification expert is baffled at how different the killer looks in each photo. Now Harry must hunt down this seemingly faceless hit-man before he strikes and kills again. Having studied business, he left the mainstream and became a rock star.

Once the music world was conquered as such, he turned his talent to writing and produced a series of best selling crime novels. Rather than keep to the same characters he wrote stand alone novels, one of which was made into a film and became an award winning blockbuster. The future is bound to hold many interesting projects for Jo Nesbo. We can only wait with baited breath to see where his literary talent will lead us next, whether is be down a dark mysterious alley way or a laugh inducing fart filled adventure.

It will surely be ours to enjoy. What are the chances Det hvite hotellet will ever come out in translation? Oh wait. It will be released in September as The Kingdom. The links beside each book title will take you to Amazon where you can read more about the book, check availability, or purchase it. As an Amazon Associate, I earn money from qualifying purchases.

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To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details. Homepage Characters Authors. The band they created was called Di Derre, a Norwegian rock band, where he was the main vocalist, a rock star, which turned out to become quite popular in Norway. He would not commit to ditching his daytime job because it was one thing to play as a part-time hobby and another to fully commit to it, which might mean becoming burned out.

While on the plane, he started working on his very first novel, which would become his first Harry Hole book as well. When he returned from Australia, the book was almost done. After he finished writing it, he sent it to a publisher under a pseudonym, since his name was pretty well known in Norway. The first Jo Nesbo book was published in under The Bat.

In Jo moved to Bangkok for a while, where he worked on his second book called Cockroaches. In the movie Headhunters based on the book of the same name became and is still the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time. In addition, he also wrote novels, including Blood on Snow, under his pseudonym Tom Johansen. Later editions of these books, including the audio books, were published under his own name.