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New Harry Hole thriller, Phantom, in bookstores now!

Summer. A boy is lying on the floor of an Oslo apartment. He is bleeding and will soon die. In order to place his life and death in some kind of context he begins to tell his story. Outside, the church bells toll.  

Autumn. Former police inspector Harry Hole returns to Oslo after three years abroad. He seeks out his old boss at Police Headquarters to request permission to investigate a homicide. But the case is already closed: the young junkie was in all likelihood shot dead by a fellow addict. Yet, Harry is granted permission to visit the boy's alleged killer in jail. There, he meets himself and his own history. What follows is the solitary investigation of what appears to be the first impossible case in Harry Hole's career. And while Harry is searching, the murdered boy continues his story.  

A man walks the dark streets of Oslo. The streets are his and he has always been there. He is a phantom.

Catch Jo Nesbo in NZ in March!

The über-cool Norwegian thriller writer, Jo Nesbo, is touring Down Under in March. He’s here to promote the Feb release of Phantom, his new Harry Hole thriller and the NZ release of film adaptation of Headhunters!
 
 
Jo will be in these cities on the following dates. Please click on your city for details of book signings and events:

Tuesday, 6 March - AUCKLAND

Wednesday, 7 March - CHRISTCHURCH

Thursday, 8 March - WANAKA


Saturday, 10 March - WELLINGTON



Headhunters out now!

A film adaptation of Nesbo's chilling bestselling book, Headhunters, is coming to cinemas nationwide from 8th March 2012!

Roger Brown has it all: Norway’s most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he’s also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Not only is Greve the perfect candidate for a position that Brown is recruiting for; he is also in possession of ‘The Calydonian Boar Hunt’ by Rubens, one of the most sought-after paintings in modern art history. Roger sees his chance to become financially independent, and starts planning his biggest theft ever. But soon, he runs into trouble — and it’s not financial problems that are threatening to knock him over this time…

RRP: $37.99
Format: Trade Paperback
Watch the trailer here
Read an extract here



The Leopard
in paperback!

Released in paperback for the first time, The Leopard takes Harry Hole back to Oslo to hunt the killer behind a grisly murder spree.

In the depths of winter, two young women are found dead, both drowned in their own blood. Inspector Harry Hole, deeply traumatised by an investigation that threatened the lives of those he holds most dear, initially wants nothing to do with the case but his instincts take over when a prominent MP is found brutally murdered. The victims appear completely unconnected to one another, but it's not long before Harry makes a discovery: the women all spent the night in the same isolated mountain hostel. And someone is picking off the guests, one by one...



RRP: $26.99
Format: Paperback
Watch the trailer here
Read an extract here