Police : A Harry Hole Novel

from dianaleez

Jo Nesbo's new Harry Hole novel is perhaps far too gripping. Briefly, a serial killer seems bent on decimating the Oslo police department; former investigating officers are lured to the crime scenes they failed to clear and are themselves brutally dispatched. Set on solving the crimes against the...

from clq

Some times I'm annoyed at not liking a book as much as I wanted to. Politi wasn't one of these books. In the case of Politi I'm almost annoyed that I liked it as much as I did. Politi really is a page-turner, but not in the traditional what-happens-on-the-next-page sense of the expression. With t...

from MarkPSadler

The latest in the Harry Hole saga of novels does not really involve our hero until almost halfway through the book although there are several innuendoes as to his demise and status initially, but I must warn you this novel has more red herrings than Billingsgate Fish Market on Canary Wharf.What w...

from Ma_Washigeri

One of the reviewers complains of "Interesting plot line marred by too much gimmickry and manipulation" but I would say the excellence of the writing means the gimmickry and manipulation is what makes this one stand out for me. And I really don't like reading about torture and beatings - but glad...

from runner56

This is the 10th outing for Nesbo's brilliant yet somewhat troubled maverick detective Harry Hole. The plot is interesting, police officers are being murdered at the site of crimes they failed to solve in the distant past and Oslo's finest are frankly clueless as to how to approach the case, neve...