The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Novel – A Glass Key Award-Winning Nordic Crime Thriller of Murder and Betrayal (Harry Hole Series, 3) - Softcover

Jo Nesbo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061134007 ISBN 13: 9780061134005

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2008

Synopsis

Don’t Miss the Netflix series Detective Hole, based on Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, premiering March 26, 2026!

“An elegant and complex thriller. . . . Harrowingly beautiful.” —New York Times Book Review

“Hugely impressive—ambitious in scope, and skilled in execution.” —Los Angeles Times

“Ranks with the best of current American crime fiction.”—Washington Post

Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, has solidified his spot as one of the most exciting Scandinavian thriller writers in the crime fiction business. The Redbreast is the third installment in Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series featuring Oslo police detective Harry Hole.

Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he's been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway's dark past—when members of the nation's government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany.

More than sixty years later, this black mark won't wash away, and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a hideous conspiracy is rapidly taking shape around Hole—and Norway's darkest hour may still be to come.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he’s been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway’s dark past, when members of the government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany. More than sixty years later,this black mark won’t wash away—and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a conspiracy is taking rapid and hideous shape around Hole . . . and Norway’s darkest hour may be still to come.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061134007
• ISBN 13: 9780061134005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544