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1) Midnight sun
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From the internationally bestselling author of the Harry Hole novels comes this short, lyrical tale of a man on the run from a crime lord's deadly retribution, lost far beyond the Arctic Circle, where the sun remains in the sky for months on end.A wayward hitman, mourning a recent loss, arrives in a tiny town on Norway's far northeastern border. He calls himself Ulf and gives a halfhearted excuse for his presence, but the locals, who seem as if out...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.
3) Phantom
Author
Series
Detective Harry Hole volume 9
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Series
Blood on snow volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a new, electrifying stand-alone thriller set in Oslo in the 1970s: the story of an unusually complicated contract killer--the perfectly sympathetic antihero--that is, as well, an edgy, almost lyrical meditation on death and love. This is the story of Olav: an extremely talented "fixer" whose unexpected capacity for love is as far-reaching as his talent for murder. He works for Oslo's...
5) The kingdom
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
6) Police
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless...
7) The son
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author of the internationally best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set amid Oslo's hierarchy of corruption, from which one very unusual young man is about to propel himself into a mission of brutal revenge.
8) The Redeemer
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Christmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street. A gunshot cuts through the music and the bitter cold: one of the singers falls dead, shot in the head at point-blank range. Harry Hole--the Oslo Police Department's best investigator and worst civil servant--has little to work with: no suspect, no weapon, and no motive. But Harry's troubles will multiply. As the search closes in, the killer becomes increasingly desperate,...
9) Macbeth
Author
Series
Publisher
Hogarth, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, industrial town, a police force struggles to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, the chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople, but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom, a master of manipulation named Hecate, has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
10) You ling
Author
Series
Publisher
Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
中文(繁體)
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A dark, thrilling short-story collection about twisted minds and vengeful hearts, from a true master of suspense. A detective with a nose for jealousy is on the trail of a man suspected of murdering his twin; a bereaved father must decide whether vengeance has a place in the new world order after a pandemic brings about the collapse of society; a woman finally overcomes her intimacy issues through a dark encounter with her Peeping Tom neighbor; a...
14) Makebai
Author
Series
Tiao zhan Shashibiya volume 6
Publisher
Ji mo chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
中文(繁體)
15) Jiu shu zhe
Author
Series
Xiao shuo volume 1108
Publisher
Man you zhe wen hua
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
中文(繁體)
Author
Series
Xiao shuo volume 1101
Publisher
Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2011
Language
中文(繁體)
17) The Bat
Author
Series
Detective Harry Hole volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings.
18) The night house
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance....
19) Lie tou you xi
Author
Series
Xiao shuo volume 1107
Publisher
Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
中文(繁體)
Author
Series
Detective Harry Hole volume 11
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Harry Hole returns in the eleventh instalment of the author's best-selling, electrifying crime fiction series--published in 48 languages, more than 30 million copies sold worldwide. In Police--the last novel featuring Jo Nesbo's hard-bitten, maverick Oslo detective--a killer wreaking revenge on the police had Harry Hole fighting for the safety of the people closest to him. Now, in The Thirst, the story continues as Harry is inextricably drawn back...
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