Killing Moon: The NEW Sunday Times bestselling thriller (Harry Hole, 19)
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THIS KILLER WILL GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD… AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT
‘Nesbø is one of today’s most interesting thriller writers’ LEE CHILD
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When a body is found in the forest, the police make a horrifying discovery: her scalp has been removed and sewn back on. But they have no idea why.
With a second woman reported missing, detectives fear their worst nightmare has come true.
A serial killer is stalking the streets of Oslo.
With time running out to find the woman, former detective Harry Hole is called in to think like a murderer thinks… and to track down this killer before they strike again.
But Harry has ulterior motives for wanting to solve this case and, if he fails, there could be more than one life at risk.
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‘Nesbo deploys all the key ingredients of a cracking good thriller… effortless’ Guardian
‘The undisputed king of Scandinavian crime fiction’ The Times
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Killing Moon is the 13th novel in the Harry Hole series, although each title reads as a standalone.
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Killing Moon appeared in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller list on 04.06.2023
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Additional information
| Publisher | Vintage (18 Jan. 2024) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 576 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1529920507 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1529920505 |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 3.5 x 19.8 cm |
by KJ McColl
Beautifully written, great plot, just exceptional. Harry Hole is a multifaceted character, no excuses made. Thought these may become repetitive but Jo Nesbo makes each book, crisp, clean, thought provoking, attitude changing and totally engrossing. Yep, I’m a fan
by Ed
Well written and full of twists and turns which keeps one guessing right to the very end. A really good Harry Hole story. Looking forward to the next one.
by Leviathan666
There is no such thing as a bad Harry Hole novel but nos 10 to 12 were maybe becoming a little too sick and convoluted: not that our latest killer is any more pleasant than his predecessors, but somehow this is a more satisfying tale and one in which the final twists (of which there are, as usual, more than one) are more believable. I also hope – for the general safety of the planet – that (rather like Grisham’s contempt for actual law) Nesbo’s biological data is invented for the sake of a good story rather than real!
by Craig
Welcome back Harry Hole!
What a fantastic book, which I read whilst on holiday…in record time.
This felt like a much more complex read, and utterly compelling, from start to finish.
Plot twists and inter-twining of character narratives really did keep me hooked (and clueless as to who the real culprit was) until the very end.
One of my favourite Harry Hole books, to date.
Jo Nesbo, you have done it again. A masterclass!
by Shaiano
I am a huge fan of Jo Nesbo and read all of the Harry Hole series and devoured each one within a few days. They have bought me hours of joy and intrigue, with a character who is loveable, complicated but also consumed by demons.
Naturally I look forward to each Harry Hole release, and this was no different. But like many bands for example know, the quality of your product decreases when there’s nowhere left to go.
The premise of this is interesting – the book starts with Harry in another country drinking himself to death, but I can think of two other books which start in the same way. Then back to Oslo to solve a crime involving a supposed serial killer. Repeat cycle.
This book is good, but I think this series has run its course – we’ve had various characters over the series, most now dead. Harry’s wife is dead. A very few remain, but I don’t find them to interesting, and don’t make the story as gripping as previous one’s did.
I’ve loved this series, but I think it’s time to say goodbye and finish this. Maybe one last hurrah and give Harry the send of he deserves? Maybe involve Oleg, who for some reason has minimal involvement but could be the new hero for future books? Lets see what happens next, but Harry deserves some peace and to go out on a high.
by Kindle Customer
While the story itself is up to Nesbo’s usual standard the premise upon which it is based is totally risible. It simply makes the book unbelievable.
by Kindle Customer
As Blackadder said, “it twists and turns like a twisty, turny thing”. A well constructed story with some convenient coincidences to allow the protagonist to show his crime solving talent.
by Jim Bowen
This book has a serious case of the just no’s I’m afraid.
It starts with Harry Hole drinking himself to death in Los Angles, only to have a good reason to return home, and to sober up enough (to solve the case) after a couple of chapters.
Hole’s not on the force, but is investigating some missing pure cocaine and the death of two women at the party it was being dealt at. Because of the lack of “official support” he puts together a group of old lags from back in the day to help solve the case. Naturally Hole solves the case. Along the way he just about manages his drinking.
One of my two grumbles are that the ending stretches credibility so much that I defy you to not think “Oh for God’s sake.” It’s possible to enjoy the denouement, because at least one newspaper review I read loved it, but to me it was… just silly.
My other grumble is that Hole’s posse had a chronic case of the stupids. It took them 400+ pages to realise something that I was thinking, before page 30. It wouldn’t bother me, but for the fact that their not thinking it was really really silly.