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'Chilling, spectacular stuff' Mark Billingham After the first snowfall of the year, a young boy wakes up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. Only one trace of her remains: a pink scarf now worn by the snowman that appeared in their yard earlier that day. Detective Harry Hole soon discovers that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. When a second woman disappears, Harry's worst suspicion is confirmed: a serial killer is operating on his home turf. SOON THE FIRST SNOW WILL COME AND THEN HE WILL APPEAR AGAIN AND WHEN THE SNOW HAS GONE HE WILL HAVE TAKEN SOMEONE ELSE. . . *JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 55 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE* *Watch out for KILLING MOON, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now*

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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 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 With Henning Mankell having written his last Wallander novel and Stieg Larsson no longer with us, I have had to make the decision, to my own satisfaction, on whom to confer the title of best current Nordic writer of crime fiction. After finishing Jo Nesbo's The Snowman, I hesitate no longer. The Norwegian wins... This is crime writing of the highest order, in which the characters are as strong as the story, where an atmosphere of evil permeates, and the tension never lets up -- Marcel Berlins The Times With his fury at official corruption, and reckless brutal integrity, this rebel Oslo cop looks well placed to secure the loyalty of Stieg Larsson fans -- Boyd Tonkin Independent Nesbo is shaping up to be the next big name in Scandinavian crime fiction, now that Mankell is on the point of retiring and Stieg Larsson is hors de combat -- Barry Forshaw Independent

Every now and then, a truly exceptional crime novel come along... This superb novel...deserves comparison with the first volume of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy -- Joan Smith The Sunday Times Jo Nesbo is my new favourite thriller writer and Harry Hole my new hero -- Michael Connelly This is chilling, spectacular stuff and anyone looking for serious, and seriously compelling, crime writing need look no further -- Mark Billingham One of the stars of contemporary crime fiction -- Martin Josephs The Times Nesbo, in his fifth, most wide-ranging novel, gradually tightens the narrative grip until, throughout the last 100 pages, the reader also finds it hard to breathe -- Mark Sanderson Evening Standard

Everything zips along, with some excellent red herrings in a tight plot... Nesbo keeps you turning the pages and if your idea of the perfect crime novel is to see Inspector Rebus investigating killings from The Silence of the Lambs, you'll love this * The Times * Jo Nesbo is my new favourite thriller writer and Harry Hole my new hero -- Michael Connelly Every now and then, a truly exceptional crime novel come along... This superb novel...deserves comparison with the first volume of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy -- Joan Smith * The Sunday Times * One of the stars of contemporary crime fiction -- Martin Josephs * The Times * This is chilling, spectacular stuff and anyone looking for serious, and seriously compelling, crime writing need look no further -- Mark Billingham

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Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers. When commissioned to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, Di Derre, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat. His books The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife have all since topped the Sunday Times charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 55 million copies around the world.

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