The thrilling first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series, never before published in English
Jo Nesbo is a musician, songwriter, economist and author. The Bat, his first crime novel featuring Harry Hole, was published in Norway in 1997 and was an instant hit, winning the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel (an accolade shared with Peter Hoeg, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson). This bestselling novel appears in English for the first time. Check out www.jonesbo.co.uk .
"A fascinating book, filling in the gaps in Hole’s biography and
telling the story of the murder case in Australia that cemented his
reputation as a brilliant investigator... A stunning opening to the
series"
*Sunday Times*
"Meaty, big and bloody, this is the rock and roll of detective
fiction"
*Financial Times*
"Nesbo is a terrific writer who knows how to build a story, taking
you slowly to the top of a rollercoaster before sending you
hurtling towards a solution that you never see coming"
*Sunday Express*
"Harry Hole is fully formed as the difficult, vulnerable
personality we have come to know. The evocation of Australia itself
has the customary Nesbo expertise...most satisfyingly - we can now
see the organic shape that Nesbo always intended his work to
take"
*Independent*
"Whether a hardened Hole addict or a first-time imbiber, The Bat is
sure to snare your interest with its tale of this booze-fuelled
policeman"
*Sunday Sun*
First published in 1997, Nesbo's inaugural Harry Hole novel, finally translated into English, takes the Oslo homicide detective to Sydney, Australia, where he displays all the brilliance and angst that Harry's fans have come to expect, after reading Phantom and other later entries already available in English. Harry, who's helping the Sydney police investigate the murder of pretty 23-year-old Inger Holter, a Norwegian citizen and minor TV celebrity, partners with a bluff, friendly cop of Aboriginal descent, Andrew Kensington. Still haunted by past personal and professional troubles, he begins a new relationship with another Scandinavian expat, Swedish barmaid Birgitta Enquist, while evidence emerges linking Inger's death to a serial killer. Despite some awkward prose, this debut effort shows Nesbo as an already confident genre craftsman, striking sparks from the familiar genre material of Harry's fish-out-of-water experience in a foreign land and odd-couple pairing with a mismatched partner. Niclas Salomonsson, Salomonsson Agency (Sweden). (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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