- Published: 7 July 2011
- ISBN: 9780099548973
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 752
- RRP: $27.00
The Leopard
The twist-filled eighth Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller
- Published: 7 July 2011
- ISBN: 9780099548973
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 752
- RRP: $27.00
Comparisons with Stieg Larsson have been made, but Nesbo's plots move quickly, carry more punch, and really do keep you guessing to the final page
Daily Mirror
A cracking good thriller...that will keep you gripped to the last page
Guardian
Outstanding... Probably the best big crime novel you could lay your hands on this year
BBC Radio 4
Nesbo's novels keep going when you think there can't be any more twists to follow. Scenes switch from the avalanche-threatened ravines and mountain cabins of back-country Norway, close to oil-rich Stavanger and metropolitan Oslo, to an active volcano in Africa
Times Literary Supplement
Original Norwegian noir...absorbing
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
So is The Leopard as good as The Snowman? In my opinion it's better. More layered with more suspicious characters, red-herrings and locations than ever before
Eurocrime blog
Will keep you guessing until last page
Best
The Leopard once again proves his undoubted talents for crime fiction with a Scandinavian setting
Press Association
If you like detective fiction, you'll love this
Irish Independent
Nesbo is such a terrific action writer
Daily Telegraph
Jo Nesbo is the latest buzz word in crime writing
Stylist
A meaty and ambitious novel that fully justifies the cover's claim that Nesbo is the most credible contender to inherit the mantle of 'the next Stieg Larsson'
Irish Independent
A nice fat page-turning thriller
Nicholas Bagnall, Telegraph
Gruesome and compelling
Evening Standard
Norwegian star Jo Nesbo has obliterated most of his Scandinavian rivals in the bestseller stakes, with The Leopard published in paperback this week... The uncrowned king of Norwegian crime fiction is Jo Nesbo. Books such as The Redbreast (2000) and his imposing novel The Snowman have propelled Nesbo to the heights. Apart from its narrative finesse, his work also provides a coolly objective guide to fluctuations in Norwegian society. There is also a universal feeling that his work is more strikingly individual than that of most of his Scandinavian colleagues... Harry is a lone wolf, a chronic alcoholic separated from his wife and child but in touch with the zeitgeist of his country. And Nesbo gives us a sharp picture of Norwegian society in flux, crammed with relevant detail - as you might expect from an ex-freelance journalist, particularly where the role of the media is described
Barry Forshaw, Independent
Nesbo has a skill for dispatching his victims with increasing inventiveness, and he barely lets you draw breath before delivering a virtuoso torture and death scene in the opening chapter
Shortlist
The plot is intriguing, and Nesbo's writing is as taught as ever
Sunday Times
It's fascinating to discover, from the incident details, what it is like to live for much of the time in a world under snow... Nesbo writes beautifully
Jessica Mann, Literary Review
There are passages [which are] so anatomically gruesome...that they can only be properly read through the gaps between protecting fingers
Prospect
It's fascinating to discover, from the incident details, what it is like to live for much of the time in a world under snow... Nesbo writes beautifully
Literary Review
Original Norwegian noir...absorbing
Time Out
A nice fat page-turning thriller
Telegraph
Norwegian star Jo Nesbo has obliterated most of his Scandinavian rivals in the bestseller stakes, with The Leopard published in paperback this week...The uncrowned king of Norwegian crime fiction is Jo Nesbo. Books such as The Redbreast (2000) and his imposing novel The Snowman have propelled Nesbo to the heights. Apart from its narrative finesse, his work also provides a coolly objective guide to fluctuations in Norwegian society. There is also a universal feeling that his work is more strikingly individual than that of most of his Scandinavian colleagues...Harry is a lone wolf, a chronic alcoholic separated from his wife and child but in touch with the zeitgeist of his country. And Nesbo gives us a sharp picture of Norwegian society in flux, crammed with relevant detail - as you might expect from an ex - freelance journalist, particularly where the role of the media is described
Independent