1 2 Plot In 1991, at a youth camp run by the Norwegian Salvation Army, the 14-year-old daughter of a senior Salvationist official is raped in a public toilet. Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in economics. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. It is the sixth entry in his Harry Hole series. Jo Nesbø is a bestselling Norwegian author and musician. Oslo detective Harry Hole has battled demons both personal and. Harry becomes more troubled and alcohol becomes a likely friend. The Redeemer ( Norwegian: Frelseren) is a novel by Norwegian crime-writer Jo Nesbø. Winter may be a distant memory, but Jo Nesbos The Snowman will chill you to the core. Only one trace of her remains: a pink scarf, his Christmas gift to her, now worn by the snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day. As he investigates and gets deeper and deeper into the search, he realises he’s becoming a pawn in the killer’s game. The Snowman One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy wakes up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. ‘I saw him’ What do you mean she said, turning the key in the ignition and turning ‘The snowman…’Īs Harry Hole investigates the threat of what the snow means and where it might lead to, he’s also worried about a threatening letter he’s received. In Tomas Alfredson’s The Snowman, adapted from the Jo Nesb novel of the same name, Detective Harry Hole (yes, that’s really his name) contends with frosty murder as he tracks a serial killer. ‘Where?’ ‘Outside the window’ Her son was pale and his lower lip was trembling ‘Is there anything wrong?’ she asked ‘Yes’, he said. Snow, usually a sign and symbol of purity and innocence, the joy of a child playing in the snow suddenly acquires a whole other meaning – ‘A face,’ he whispered She flinched. This is a novel where snow and the cold eerie setting of Norway is one which will chill, scar and disturb you in equal measure.

You might not want to go in the snow after reading this one though. Luckily, the city is very nice and a hub of nice cultural activity in real life but you do get a unique view of it discovering it via the characters in the book. Oslo has become placed firmly on the literary map thanks to Jo Nesbø and his novels of crime and gore.

The snowman a harry hole novel jo nesbø