The Snowman
by Jo Nesbo translated by Don Bartlett
'THE NEXT STIEG LARSSON' INDEPENDENT'SOON THE FIRST SNOW WILL COME.
A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf - wrapped around the neck of a snowman.
AND THEN HE WILL APPEAR AGAIN.
As Harry Hole and his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years.
AND WHEN THE SNOW IS GONE...
When a second woman disappears it seems that Harry's worst suspicions are confirmed: for the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf.
...HE WILL HAVE TAKEN SOMEONE ELSE.'
Reviews
‘Many authors know how to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Jo Nesbo's one of the few who keeps them there’Linwood Barclay ‘The Snowman is a superb thriller. Jo Nesbø is astonishingly good; he knows how to grab you, by the throat and by the heart’
Jeff Abbott ‘This is chilling, spectacular stuff and anyone looking for serious, and seriously compelling, crime writing need look no further’
Mark Billingham ‘Hole is all a fictional detective should be …each scene is succinct , dovetails with another, shifts the reader’s perspective, and keeps the pace fast and interesting … he ensures his readers keep turning the page to read more’
Times Literary Supplement ‘Nesbo handles the tension with aplomb’
Metro ‘Nesbo’s plotting and pared-back prose style effectively keeping the reader hooked as he ramps up the action to a gripping climax’
The Big Issue ‘A strong, pacey narrative with plenty of gruesome discoveries’
Laura Wilson - The Guardian ‘As gripping as Silence of the Lambs’
The Sunday Times ‘Chillingly adept … creepy, creepy stuff from the very first page’
Daneet Steffans - Time Out ‘Norwegian crime novel that’s as gripping as The Silence of the Lambs’
The Sunday Times
