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by Jo Nesbo
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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
translationpaperonepennynorwaytbr busting 2013#7 in Harry Hole seriestranslated by Don Bartlettdedication: For Kirsten Hammervoll Nesbømap of Oslo City CentreOpening: It was the day the snow came. The totem pole in Nordnes Park, Bergen is a gift from Seattle.Good enough but not quite a 4*#35 TBR Bu...
Raging Biblioholism
Raging Biblioholism rated it 13 years ago
What's better than some Nordic mystery to help fight the 100+ temps these days?Another strong entry from Jo Nesbø in his terrific Harry Hole series. Hole gets pitted against Norway's "first" serial killer and the twists come on relentlessly. They're all smart, though (even if one does stretch it a...
Jackie's Booklikes
Jackie's Booklikes rated it 13 years ago
As frightening and gruesome as the murders were, I found the snowman's own telling of the story more disturbing . Yes Matthias aka the snowman , killed his own mother , Sara Kvinesland, because he thought she was a whore . After watching her have sex with someone other than his father, he felt the n...
Kim Reads and Bakes
Kim Reads and Bakes rated it 14 years ago
I would have liked to have given this novel more than three stars. After all, it has a lot going for it: an exotic setting (Oslo and Bergen are about as far away from my part of the world as it's possible to get!), an interesting hero of the flawed-and-dealing-with-inner-demons variety and a pacy na...
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