The first snow will come.
A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf - wrapped around the neck of a snowman.
And then he will appear again.
As Harry Hole and his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years.
And when the snow is gone...
When a second woman disappears it seems that Harry's worst suspicions are confirmed: for the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf.
...he will have taken someone else.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784700928Number of pages: 560Weight: 441 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 33 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Chillingly adept...creepy,creepy stuff from the very first page'-Time Out
'Nesbo handles the tension with aplomb'- Metro
'Nesbo's plotting and pared-back prose style effectively keeps the reader hooked as he ramps up the action to a gripping climax'- Big Issue
'Hole is all a fictional detective should be... each scene is succinct,dovetails with another,shifts the reader's perspective,and keeps the pace fast and interesting... he ensures his readers keep turning the page to read more'- Times Literary Supplement
'Norwegian crime novel that's as gripping as The Silence of the Lambs'- The Sunday Times
Jo Nesbo
One of the world's most popular crime writers,Norwegian novelistJo Nesbo's books have been published in 50 languages selling over 33 million copies worldwide. Nesbo is best known for the series of novels featuring detective Harry Hole. The novels in reading order are:The Bat,Cockroaches,The Redbreast,Nemesis,The Devil's Star,The Redeemer,The Snowman,The Leopard,Phantom,PoliceandThe Thirst.
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