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Nemesis

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HarperCollins, Jan 6, 2009 - Fiction - 474 pages

Gripping and surprising, Nemesis is a nail-biting thriller from one of the biggest stars in crime fiction.

Grainy closed-circuit television footage shows a man walking into an Oslo bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells the young woman to count to twenty-five. When the robber doesn't get his money in time, the cashier is executed, and two million Norwegian kroner disappear without a trace. Police Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case.

While Hole's girlfriend is away in Russia, an old flame decides to get in touch. Former girlfriend and struggling artist Anna Bethsen invites Hole to dinner, and he can't resist a visit. But the evening ends in an all too familiar way as Hole awakens with a thundering headache, a missing cell phone, and no memory of the past twelve hours. That same morning, Anna is found shot dead in her bed. Hole begins to receive threatening e-mails. Is someone trying to frame him for this unexplained death? Meanwhile, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery.

As the death toll continues to mount, Hole becomes a prime suspect in a criminal investigation led by his longtime adversary Tom Waaler and Waaler's vigilante police force. Racing from the cool, autumnal streets of Oslo to the steaming villages of Brazil, Hole is determined to absolve himself of suspicion by uncovering all the information needed to crack both cases. But the ever-threatening Waaler is not finished with his old archenemy quite yet.

*Edgar Nominee for Best Novel of the Year

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I'm really liking this writer, Jo Nesbø. - Goodreads
good Scandinavian style police procedural. - Goodreads
Great story, with tension filled plot twists aplenty. - Goodreads
He's an excellent mystery writer. - Goodreads
I am the slowest reader on earth (book a month pace). - Goodreads
Mush more of a page turner! - Goodreads

Review: Nemesis (Harry Hole #4)

User Review  - Stephen Lawton - Goodreads

This twists and turns in this are astonishing and the fact that it's so messy makes it seem all the more realistic to me. It's the greys of Nesbo's writing and storytelling that make them so interesting. Read full review

Review: Nemesis (Harry Hole #4)

User Review  - Ruth - Goodreads

I read this years ago but didn't remember the ending so purchased it and am almost finished (stayed up half the night trying to finish). If you are a fan of police procedurals with lots of plot twists ... Read full review

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About the author (2009)

A musician, songwriter, and economist, Jo Nesbø is also one of Europe’s most acclaimed crime writers, and is the winner of the Glass Key Award, northern Europe’s most prestigious crime-fiction prize, for his first novel featuring Police Detective Harry Hole. Nesbø lives in Oslo.

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