The Redbreast

The Harry Hole Series 3 Norway's finest crime writer...Nesbo entwines a Second World War ghost story with a modern hunt for an assassin in a clever and entertaining way that teases and taunts to the very end...Nesbo clearly demonstrates his skill at executing expertly-crafted, well-paced thrillers that he sustains to the very end in a compelling fashion...as first novels go, The Redbreast and The Devil's Star are as accomplished as any reader is likely to experience. It requires some skilled plotting, but Nesbo brings it off, and Harry, with his quirky sense of humour, is a likeable hero despite his many flaws. A complex, utterly captivating story, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking, A complicated story of passion, lost love, betrayal and murder...culminates in a nail-biting episode with overtones of The Day of the Jackal