Nemesis - Softcover

Nesbo, Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099505932 ISBN 13: 9780099505938

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2008

Synopsis

Grainy CCTV footage shows a man walking into a bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells her to count to 25. When he doesn't get his money in time, she is executed. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case. While Harry's girlfriend is away in Russia, an old flame gets in touch. He goes to dinner at her house and wakes up at home with no memory of the past twelve hours. The same morning the gilr is found shot dead in her bed. Harry begins to receive threatening emails. Is someone trying to frame him for this unexplained death? Meanwhile the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“More twists and turns—and speed—than an icy Norwegian Slalom Track.”

—New Orleans Times-Picayune

Captured on closed-circuit television: A man walks into an Oslo bank,puts a gun to a cashier's head, and tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn't get his money fast enough,he pulls the trigger. The young woman dies—and two million Norwegian kroner disappear without a trace.

After a drunken evening with former girlfriend Anna Bethsen, Police Detective Harry Hole wakes up at home with a headache, no cell phone, and no memory of the past twelve hours. The same day, Anna is found shot dead in her bedroom, making Hole a prime suspect in the investigation led by his hated adversary, Tom Waaler. Meanwhile, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery, sending rogue detective Hole from the streets of Oslo to steaming Brazil in a race to close two cases and clear his name. But Waaler isn't finished with his longtime nemesis quite yet.

About the Author:

With his ten internationally acclaimed crime novels featuring Detective Harry Hole, Jo Nesbo has achieved an unparalleled success both in his native country Norway and abroad, winning the hearts of critics, booksellers and readers alike. Translated into more than forty languages, awarded a whole range of awards and boasting record-breaking sales, Nesbo has been lavishly praised by international critics for broadening the scope of the contemporary crime novel, and is today regarded as one the best crime writers of our time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0099505932
• ISBN 13: 9780099505938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720