title: Police: A Harry Hole Novel (10) (Harry Hole Series)
author:  Jo Nesbo 
description: A dizzyingly taut feat of storytelling.<i>The Boston Globe<br /></i><br />"An invigorating must-read." --<i>Newsweek</i><br /><br /> The chills are palpable in this nerve-racking thriller.<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /> <br /> A hugely enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse. . . . Nesbo manages the books unnervingly scary scenes so well he should consider tackling a horror novel. <i>Richmond Times Dispatch</i><br /> <br /> Scandinavian crime thrillers dont come much darker or more tense than the best-selling Harry Hole series, and this tenth outing for the Norwegian detective is the best yet.<i>Sunday Mirror </i>(UK)<br /><br />Nesb's dark and gripping crime series featuring the Oslo detective Harry Hole [is] fascinating readers with its ever-deepening portrait, <i>Breaking Bad</i>style, of a hero's gradual transition to an antihero.<i>Chicago Tribune<br /></i><br /> So dark, intense, and bone chilling that immersion in [Nesbs] world for an extended period is not for the sensitive. <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette <br /></i><br /> A multi-layered and intertwining story that makes your head spin, while delivering a masterclass in suspenseful writing. . . . Simply sit back and enjoy every twist and turn.<i>Sunday Express </i>(UK)<br /><br /> An electrifying ride. . . . A master of suspense, red herrings and false trails, as well as a mesmerizing storyteller.Nesb is in a league of his own. <i>The Sydney Morning Herald<br /></i><br /> Plot twists worthy of a mbius strip.<i>Bloomberg News<br /></i><br /> Attempts at work and sleep [are] futile until it is finished. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>
zlib_text: About the Author
  
  
  **Jo Nesbo** is a musician, songwriter, economist and prize-winning author.
  His first crime novel featuring Hary Hole was published in Norway in 1997 and
  was an instant hit. His bestselling Harry Hole series has been a huge success
  in the UK and across the world. [www.jonesbo.co.uk](http://www.jonesbo.co.uk)
  
  
  **Don Bartlett** lives in Norfolk and works as a freelance translator of
  Scandinavian literature. He has translated, or co-translated, Norwegian novels
  by Lars Saabye Christensen, Roy Jacobsen, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Kjell Ola Dahl,
  Gunnar Staalesen and Pernille Rygg.
  
  
  
  
  
  About the Book
  
  
  **THE MURDER HAS BEEN SOLVED. BUT HAS JUSTICE BEEN DONE?**
  
  
  Harry Hole is back in Oslo. He’s been away for some time, but his ghosts have
  a way of catching up with him. The case that brings him back is already
  closed. There is no room for doubt: the young junkie was shot dead by a fellow
  addict.
  
  
  **THE POLICE DON’T WANT HIM BACK…**
  
  
  Denied permission to reopen the investigatio