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  • Published: 30 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784702298
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $26.00

The Devil's Star

The edge-of-your-seat fifth Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller




Detective Harry Hole finds himself up against a terrifying serial killer in this thriller by internationally bestselling Jo Nesbo

'A series of spectacular plot twists leads to a thrilling finale. Highly recommended' Guardian

THE MARK OF THE DEVIL.

A young woman is murdered in her flat and a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star is found behind her eyelid.

THE SIGN OF A KILLER.

Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case, alongside his long-time adversary Tom Waaler, and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on his final warning and has little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor when it becomes apparent that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands.

IS THIS AN EVIL THAT ONLY HARRY HOLE CAN STOP?

  • Published: 30 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781784702298
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $26.00

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About the author

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo is one of the world’s bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst and Knife all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He’s an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 45 million copies around the world.

Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway’s premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di Derre (‘Them There’). They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat.

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Praise for The Devil's Star

The Next Big Thing... Absolutely gripping

Daily Telegraph

Compelling... Shocking and surprising...expertly paced

The Times

Terrific... A stunning twist turns this into a first-rate thriller

Sunday Telegraph

An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension

The Times

A well-crafted rollercoaster of a book.. Nesbo sets a cracking pace... A series of spectacular plot twists leads to a thrilling finale. Highly recommended

Guardian

The next Stieg Larsson

Independent

Many authors know how to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Jo Nesbo's one of the few who keeps them there

Linwood Barclay