Jo Nesbo
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English
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“An elegant and complex thriller….Harrowingly beautiful.”
—New York Times Book Review
“A hugely impressive achievement—ambitious in scope, and skilled in execution.”
—Los Angeles Times
“The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.”
—Washington Post
Jo
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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“Nesbø’s storytelling abilities are incomparable. Nemesis is crime novel as art form and great entertainment.” -- USA Today The #1 international bestseller from one of the most celebrated crime writers in Europe--the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman --Jo Nesbø’s extraordinary thriller Nemesis features Norwegian homicide detective Harry Hole, “the next in the long line of great noir crime detectives,” ( San Diego Union-Tribune...
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Nilly is new to the neighborhood, but he is quick to make friends: Doctor Proctor, an eccentric professor; and Lisa, who is teased by the twin terrors Truls and Trym. Nilly and Lisa help Doctor Proctor develop his latest invention, a powder that makes you fart! The powder makes Nilly and Lisa very popular at school when they sell it for fifty cents a bag. And they get revenge on Truls and Trym by giving them a dose of extra-strength powder that shoots...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • This killer will get inside your head. • Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own team to help find a serial killer who is murdering young women in Oslo in the next novel in the internationally best-selling series.
"One of today's most interesting thriller writers." —Lee Child, author of the #1 best-selling...
"One of today's most interesting thriller writers." —Lee Child, author of the #1 best-selling...
6) Police
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Doctor Proctor has a brand new invention: the Time-Travel Bath Bomb! Throw it in the tub, lather up and imagine where you'd like to visit. The battle of Waterloo? No problem. The French Revolution? Let's go!
11) The snowman
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Police investigator Harry Hole searches for a connection between suspicious letters he is receiving and the disappearance of Jonas's mother, along with a dozen other women, on the day of the first snowfall in Oslo.
12) Headhunters
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Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Corporate headhunter Roger Brown is also a master art thief, and when he meets Clas Greve at an opening at his wife's art gallery and learns Clas has a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that has been lost since World War II, Roger believes he has stumbled upon the perfect heist, but when he breaks into Clas's apartment, he find's more than just the painting.
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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New adventures await Doctor Proctor, Lisa, and Nilly as they try to protect Oslo, Norway, from invading aliens, enormous snakes in the sewers, seven-legged Peruvian sucking spiders, and sinister waffle irons.
14) The leopard
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English
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After two women are found dead in Oslo, each with bizarre puncture wounds that were caused from the inside of their mouths, police are baffled, but homicide detective Kaja Solness is called to Hong Kong to track down a former serial killer specialist, Harry Hole, whom they hope can solve the case.
15) The thirst
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Random House Inc
Pub. Date
[2017].
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English
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Harry is inextricably drawn back into the Oslo police force. A serial murderer has begun targeting Tinder daters -- a murder whose MO reignites Harry's hunt for a nemesis of his past.
16) Knife
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Brilliant, audaciously rogue police officer, Harry Hole is back and in the throes of a new, unanticipated rage--once again hunting the murderer who has haunted his entire career. Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel--the only woman he's ever loved--has ended it with him, permanently. He's been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it's in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects...
17) Cockroaches
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Series
Harry Hole volume 2
Publisher
Vintage Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or, put another way, for every cockroach you see in your hotel room, there are hundreds behind the walls. Surrounded by...
19) Killing moon
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Series
Harry Hole volume 13
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again. And exposing him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone--fired from the force, drinking himself to oblivion in Los Angeles. It seems that nothing...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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A dark, thrilling short-story collection about twisted minds and vengeful hearts, from a true master of suspense. A detective with a nose for jealousy is on the trail of a man suspected of murdering his twin; a bereaved father must decide whether vengeance has a place in the new world order after a pandemic brings about the collapse of society; a woman finally overcomes her intimacy issues through a dark encounter with her Peeping Tom neighbor; a...