I had read one book by Jo Nesbø and I liked it, so when I came across Marekors (in Dutch: Dodelijk Patroon) I wanted to read it.Each fifth day, there's a ritual murder in Oslo. Harry Hole starts with his final weeks at the police due to his drinking problem. But he still gets involved in this case. ...
Harry doesn't use violence. He hardly fight if he could avoid it. He has a wife and a son who were driven from him by his drinking. And he is a good detective that connecting dots where no one else could see them. Jo Nesbo is a good writer who wrote detective stories with villains that stayed hi...
Harry Hole, recovering from alcoholism one very tiny step at a time, sets off alongside his long-time nemesis Tom Waaler to take down a suspected serial killer before the murderer can complete his seemingly allotted amount of victims.Nesbo seems to get better with every book, but the three-star give...
Harry Hole has a problem. Several problems. First, his girl has left him. Second, his de facto son (his girl’s son) is growing. Third, he has to work with that bastard, Tom. Fourth, he likes the booze a bit much. And then there are the nightmares. There is al...
Again, as in Hole #4, another fine Harry Hole procedural, as opposed to a police procedural, since Harry has his own procedures. Very complex, lots of twists and turns as the story proceeds, and Harry and the reader are misled, and mistaken, but perseverance rewards in the end. Harry is likable fo...
The third book in the Oslo trilogy sees Harry Hole pretty much at the end of his usefulness, as a human being as much as a cop. He's a drunken mess, barely able to wash or turn up for work. Having burnt himself out investigating the shooting of his former colleague, Ellen, he is just about to be kic...
Where would we be in detective fiction without these screwups in private life but brilliant investigators otherwise? Harry Hole when he isn’t investigating is seemingly either blotto or on his way to a bar. He’s always close to being fired for any number of reasons and he’s a ballbuster who nearly g...
3.5 stars.Well-written, taut, all the sorts of things you're looking for in a mystery/crime novel. It's good, but I'm not sure it's worth the hype Nesbo is getting. Maybe I just need to read more of his books.I'll also need to read more of the earlier books to find out what the love interest (Rake...
Twistalicious. Alcoholic Harry Hole staggers through the mess of his personal life and a new slew of serial murders in Oslo. Nesbo unites theatricality with suspense.
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