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A fantastically gripping thriller from the best-selling author of The SnowmanChristmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street A gunshot cuts through the music and the bitter cold one of the singers falls dead shot in the head at point-blank range Harry Holemdashthe Oslo Police Departmentrsquos best investigator and worst civil servantmdashhas little to work with no suspect no weapon and no motive But Harryrsquos troubles will multiply As the search closes in the killer becomes increasingly desperate and Harryrsquos chase takes him to the most forbidden corners of the former Yugoslavia Yet itrsquos when he returns to Oslo that he encounters true darkness among the homeless junkies and Salvationists eagerly awaiting a savior to deliver them from miserymdashwhether he brings new life or immediate death With its shrewdly vertiginous narrative acid-etched characters and white-hot pace The Redeemer is resounding proof of Jo Nesboslashrsquos standing as one of the best crime writers of our timeFrom the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son and his latest Harry Hole novel, The Thirst, all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 33 million copies around the world. Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway's premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di derre ('Them There') . They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat.Sign up to the Jo Nesbo newsletter for all the latest news: jonesbo.com/newsletter
