2024
A mixture of religion, urban misery, modern European history and grisly horror, The Redeemer takes the crime writing of Jo Nesbø to yet another level, establishing him firmly as one of the international top names in crime fiction. Through a snow-swept Oslo decked for Christmas, Inspector Harry Hole chases a faceless contract killer from former Yugoslavia. A chase that has the troubled detective sift through depraved vagrants and Salvationists, eagerly awaiting a new saviour to deliver them from misery – whether it be through resurrection or demise.
The international bestseller, The Redeemer, is the best selling book ever in hardback for Aschehoug (est. 1872). (Aschehoug is one of Norway’s leading publishing houses.)
Written in Nesbø’s distinctive fast-and-furious style, The Redeemer offers insight to the surly attitude that defines Harry Hole, Nesbø’s abbrasive Oslo detective, who functions best when he’s flying solo. ... The plot is nice and tricky.
The deeply flawed Hole is his familiar self: difficult and disrespectful, brilliant and intuitive. ... The primary narrative, told in powerful prose, never fails to grip.
Nesbø has been gradually climbing up the competitive league of Nordic crime writers. With The Redeemer he’s touching the summit, and his hero, the stubborn, insubordinate Oslo detective Harry Hole, has become my favorite copper from those parts… Terrific shocks, tension and atmosphere.
The killer’s boyhood in the war-torn Balkans gives added depth to a complex story, impossible to second-guess, which proves that greed, lust and a desire for revenge lurk within the saintliest of folk.
Jo Nesbø
Thron Ullberg
