<b>Harry Hole is fully formed as the difficult, vulnerable personality we have come to know.</b> The evocation of Australia itself has the customary Nesbo expertise...most satisfyingly - we can now see the organic shape that Nesbo always intended his work to take

Independent

An ambitious, fun, exciting and original crime novel

Smålandsposten (Sweden)

<i>The Bat</i> is a truly captivating crime novel

Berliner Morgenpost (Germany)

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<i>The Bat</i> is innovative and different, and the pace that Jo Nesbo creates in his debut novel makes you long for more crime novels featuring Harry Hole

Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark)

Jo Nesbo has written the cleverest debut novel in the crime genre that I've read in a long time

Aftenposten (Norway)

A fascinating book, filling in the gaps in Hole’s biography and telling the story of the murder case in Australia that cemented his reputation as a brilliant investigator... <b>A stunning opening to the series</b>

Sunday Times

Meaty, big and bloody, <b>this is the rock and roll of detective fiction</b>

Financial Times

<b>Nesbo is a terrific writer</b> who knows how to build a story, <b>taking you slowly to the top of a rollercoaster before sending you hurtling towards a solution that you never see coming</b>

Sunday Express

<b>Harry Hole is fully formed as the difficult, vulnerable personality we have come to know.</b> The evocation of Australia itself has the customary Nesbo expertise...most satisfyingly - we can now see the organic shape that Nesbo always intended his work to take

Independent

<b>Whether a hardened Hole addict or a first-time imbiber, <i>The Bat</i> is sure to snare your interest with its tale of this booze-fuelled policeman</b>

Sunday Sun

**HARRY HOLE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX TV SERIES**

Discover the addictive first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series.


'A stunning opening to the series' Sunday Times

Harry is out of his depth.

Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can.

He's not supposed to get too involved.

When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry.

He might be the next victim.


Jo Nesbo, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024

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Discover the addictive first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series

'A stunning opening to the series' Sunday Times


Harry is out of his depth.

Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble.

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The thrilling first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series, never before published in English

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099520320
Publisert
2013-07-18
Utgiver
Vintage Publishing; Vintage
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

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 51 languages, selling over 60 million copies around the world.