Gripping and surprising, Nemesis is a nail-biting thriller from one of the biggest stars in crime fiction.
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Nov 17, 2011
Melissa
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Feb 09, 2009
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Nesbo, Jo. NEMESIS. (2002; U.S. 2008). ****. Nesbo is an international best-selling author from Norway. His earlier book, “The Redbreast,” was his initial claim to fame. Although not well-known to American readers, he has picked up a solid cadre of fans who will swell his audience through word of mouth. This novel takes his detective hero, Hole, of the murder squad, into the world of the gypsies. It all starts out with a bank robbery, where the robber, later termed the Expediter, holds
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Dec 11, 2008
Reinhold
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Der dritte Kriminalroman (nach Der Fledermausmann und Rotkehlchen) von Jo Nesbø kann leider nicht an die Qualität seines unmittelbaren Vorgängers anschließen. Hatte er mit Rotkehlchen ein wirklich herausragendes Werk vorgelegt, so ist Die Fährte leider nur mehr Mittelmaß.
Der alkoholkranke Polizist Harry Hole soll in Parallelermittlungen gemeinsam mit einer brillanten Kollegin, ein Tötungsdelikt im Zusammenhang mit einem Bankraub aufklären. Während das Raubdezernat von einem brutalen More...
Der alkoholkranke Polizist Harry Hole soll in Parallelermittlungen gemeinsam mit einer brillanten Kollegin, ein Tötungsdelikt im Zusammenhang mit einem Bankraub aufklären. Während das Raubdezernat von einem brutalen More...
Feb 13, 2012
Gloria
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There have now been several Harry Hole novels, but this was only the second to be published in the United States (the first was "The Redbreast"). Both demonstrate the author's uncanny ability to continually lead the reader astray with one red herring after another before disclosing, in a final twist, a most unexpected dénouement.
In the present novel, these principles apply to two separate story lines. One involves a bank robbery in which a woman is shot in the head. The ot More...
In the present novel, these principles apply to two separate story lines. One involves a bank robbery in which a woman is shot in the head. The ot More...
Dec 28, 2011
Paul
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There really should be a health warning or spoiler alert printed on the cover of this book. It is the third of Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole series of detective novels to be translated into English. The first was The Devil's Star, but actually The Devil's Star turns out to be the third in the series and very much the sequel to Nemesis. For some reason, the novels have been translated and published in the UK out of sequence (I guess the reason is they published the best one first to test the water . . .)
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Nov 25, 2011
Linda Branham
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I've been reading this series in the wrong order... but I still like them :)
In this story, Harry Hole, the detective in the series has many crimes occurring at one time - including one involving himself.
Harry is kind of the misfit in the police departments and does things by his own rules, which infuriates some of the other detectives. Harry is alcoholic - currently in recovery - but wakes up one morning feeling as if he has been drinking and doesn't remember what happened - and then More...
In this story, Harry Hole, the detective in the series has many crimes occurring at one time - including one involving himself.
Harry is kind of the misfit in the police departments and does things by his own rules, which infuriates some of the other detectives. Harry is alcoholic - currently in recovery - but wakes up one morning feeling as if he has been drinking and doesn't remember what happened - and then More...
Jul 08, 2011
Slávek
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Světový zájem o severskou kriminálku zřejmě rozpoutal Stieg Larsson svým Miléniem. Bohužel to má i ten důsledek, že se k nám ze Skandinávie tahají romány, které lze bez okolků označit za silně podprůměrné čtivo pro masy (a tedy intelektuálně člověka sotva obohacující). Jedním takovým zastupitelem, který je (naprosto špatně) kriminálním románem označován, je Nemesis od Joa Nesboa.
Povězme si, co vlastně nutí vydavatele knihu zařadit do kategorie kriminální žánr:
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Povězme si, co vlastně nutí vydavatele knihu zařadit do kategorie kriminální žánr:
1) Je z prostředí (km More...
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Apr 04, 2011
Cameling
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The complexity of this Norwegian crime fiction is a work of art and certain to keep you at the edge of your seat.
A bank robbery turns to murder and a joint police team is formed to help identify the masked murderer. Studying the surveillance video, the team are baffled and worried as a series of bank robberies with similar MOs take place across Oslo, but without anyone getting killed. As if trying to identify and find the perpetrator of this crime wasn't enough, another death takes pl More...
A bank robbery turns to murder and a joint police team is formed to help identify the masked murderer. Studying the surveillance video, the team are baffled and worried as a series of bank robberies with similar MOs take place across Oslo, but without anyone getting killed. As if trying to identify and find the perpetrator of this crime wasn't enough, another death takes pl More...
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Mar 20, 2011
Karen
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This is the second Jo Nesbo book I have read and I am in awe of this man's talent and ability to draw together a complex plot and develop already strong characters as well as bring fascinating new ones into the mix.
It's two years since the events in The Red Breast and Harry Hole, the tall, alcoholic detective has a new work partner - a young woman with the ability to remember faces with uncanny precision. It's this ability that comes in very handy as Harry is deployed to solve a bank r More...
It's two years since the events in The Red Breast and Harry Hole, the tall, alcoholic detective has a new work partner - a young woman with the ability to remember faces with uncanny precision. It's this ability that comes in very handy as Harry is deployed to solve a bank r More...
Jul 07, 2010
James
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Nemesis is a complex psychological thriller that weaves together the strands of two different investigations that prove to be interrelated.
When a teller is shot and killed in a dramatic bank robbery, Oslo homicide detective Harry Hole is assigned to the team investigating the crime. But Harry, a recovering alcoholic with a ton of other issues, does not work well with others and soon finds himself investigating apart from the larger team, assisted only by a young detective and video More...
When a teller is shot and killed in a dramatic bank robbery, Oslo homicide detective Harry Hole is assigned to the team investigating the crime. But Harry, a recovering alcoholic with a ton of other issues, does not work well with others and soon finds himself investigating apart from the larger team, assisted only by a young detective and video More...
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Jul 06, 2010
Nemesis by Jo Nesbo A. narrated by Thor Knai, produced by Harper Audio, downloaded from audible.com.
The name of this book is apt, as “Nemesis” refers to someone seeking revenge. Harry Hole, Detective, is facing two crimes which seem to be revenge crimes. A bank robbery occurs mostly caught on video within the bank. One of the bank tellers is killed because the money didn’t appear fast enough. But the police soon find that the teller killed was the sister-in-law of the assumed ba More...
The name of this book is apt, as “Nemesis” refers to someone seeking revenge. Harry Hole, Detective, is facing two crimes which seem to be revenge crimes. A bank robbery occurs mostly caught on video within the bank. One of the bank tellers is killed because the money didn’t appear fast enough. But the police soon find that the teller killed was the sister-in-law of the assumed ba More...
Dec 13, 2009
Andrea
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Review - Nemesis (Harry Hole, Fourth Book)
Nemesis is a suspenseful, tightly complex twisted plot, full of illusion, nothing is as it seems. Jo Nesbø once again captivates us from the opening chapter with crystal clear visuals, letting our imagination take pictures of everything happening second by second. Were all standing in a bank queue; a robber walks in and quickly controls the area. He directly stands before a female bank cashier she's given twenty five seconds for him to recei More...
Nemesis is a suspenseful, tightly complex twisted plot, full of illusion, nothing is as it seems. Jo Nesbø once again captivates us from the opening chapter with crystal clear visuals, letting our imagination take pictures of everything happening second by second. Were all standing in a bank queue; a robber walks in and quickly controls the area. He directly stands before a female bank cashier she's given twenty five seconds for him to recei More...
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Jul 25, 2011
Susan
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Norwegian police series about Harry Hole, detective. (Whenever he was called Hole, I squirmed.)
Read a review which classed him with the other Scandinavian mystery. The advice was to read the books in order. The first in English was Redbreast, which I just downloaded. (I'd forgotten that advice and just bought the cheapest Kindle edition.)
Nemesis was good. REALLY complicated plot, focusing on a series of bank robberies, one in which a woman is killed point blank in what s More...
Read a review which classed him with the other Scandinavian mystery. The advice was to read the books in order. The first in English was Redbreast, which I just downloaded. (I'd forgotten that advice and just bought the cheapest Kindle edition.)
Nemesis was good. REALLY complicated plot, focusing on a series of bank robberies, one in which a woman is killed point blank in what s More...
Jul 04, 2011
Patricia
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Looking for a new crime series, picked this up in Small World Book's mystery annex. 'Euro noir' fit the bill, great book to tear through. I enjoyed Oslo Inspector Harry Hole, suitably flawed, haggard and persistent. The background Norway is constantly interesting, the plot grabs immediately and holds through a big somewhat over-twisted story but with some clever threads. Harry's pale sidekick, detective Beate Lonn can recall exactly any face she has ever seen,fusiform gyrus, an Oliver Sacks-like
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May 08, 2011
Jody
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(First, in the interest of full disclosure, I have the sense of humor of a 14-year-old boy. A series about a guy named Harry Hole is almost more than I can bear. That's what she said!)
But moving on. Nesbo has been called the next Stieg Larsson, and now that I've read two of Nesbo's novels, I think that's an insult--and this is from someone who liked the Millennium trilogy. (Well, except for the detailed tangents to the Caribbean and Gibraltar so Lisbeth could have sex on her terms, or More...
But moving on. Nesbo has been called the next Stieg Larsson, and now that I've read two of Nesbo's novels, I think that's an insult--and this is from someone who liked the Millennium trilogy. (Well, except for the detailed tangents to the Caribbean and Gibraltar so Lisbeth could have sex on her terms, or More...
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Aug 07, 2011
Erin
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This is my second Harry Hole book in as many weeks, and I am once again impressed. While Nemesis is perhaps a little more conventional a crime mystery than The Redbreast, it is only because the latter used the element of flashback to historical fiction as its subplot. Nemesis, however, is every bit as complicated and, consequently, satisfying. What stood out for most about this one is that even at the end, I can't tell you which was the central crime. There are really two (if not more) mysteries
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Jul 23, 2011
Mike
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Nesbo (with the tricky-fonted o I cannot do) is a wicked plotter -- right up until the last 50 or so pages, when he never perfectly sticks the ending.
It's a(nother) helluva good read. I was particularly impressed by the way three--or even four, or maybe five--separate storylines are juggled, with perfect timing, a master magician's precision about what to show, and when. There's a heist, that's gone wrong; a former lover of Harry's, who's apparently a suicide; a fellow detective wi More...
It's a(nother) helluva good read. I was particularly impressed by the way three--or even four, or maybe five--separate storylines are juggled, with perfect timing, a master magician's precision about what to show, and when. There's a heist, that's gone wrong; a former lover of Harry's, who's apparently a suicide; a fellow detective wi More...
Sep 26, 2011
Marina
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I liked this book very much. However a thriller/mystery book is not only the plot and it's coherence, it has also to do with the descriptions and their accuracy. More than once I have read a book that develops in a certain country or city and I feel like visiting it; or I rely on the information to learn something about the culture of where it goes on. Therefore in this particular Harry Hole episode the Norwegian plot flows out of Norway. Jo Nesbo is not at all original and the stereotype of all
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Jun 30, 2011
Dawn
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Jo Nesbo is getting a lot of comparisons to Stieg Larsson. True, they are both crime thriller authors from Scandinavian countries, but I really think that's where the comparison ends. Nesbo's books actually pre-date Larsson's, but have not been widely available in the US until recently. Both are great authors, but they each have their own style. I found this book to be an above average addition to the genre.
In this, the 4th book in the Harry Hole series, Nesbo does a great job of More...
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Jun 09, 2011
Amy
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Really enjoyed this book; it had some great twists and turns. And who can resist a cliffhanger chapter? Not me. I'm anxious to get started on the next book in the series, but I have some others to read first -- it's hard to let it go b/c I'm in the zone.
Having read Steig Larsson first, this series reminded me of the Millenium series a bit, BUT since Jo Nesbo published his series in the mid-to-late-90s perhaps Larsson was influenced by Nesbo? Either way I loved this book. I really More...
Having read Steig Larsson first, this series reminded me of the Millenium series a bit, BUT since Jo Nesbo published his series in the mid-to-late-90s perhaps Larsson was influenced by Nesbo? Either way I loved this book. I really More...
Nov 07, 2010
Matt
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This is part of my longish term strategy to read Nordic thriller writers, to get a sense of the what seems to be a really exciting literary wave. This was one of the best of those I've read, and I really enjoyed it.
Harry Hole is a bad-ass cop I can get behind: an alcoholic and cynical ex-punk rocker, Hole is kind of a mess, but also a really good detective, helped by the fact that he's totally huge.
In this particular story, there're some other strong selling points: there's t More...
Harry Hole is a bad-ass cop I can get behind: an alcoholic and cynical ex-punk rocker, Hole is kind of a mess, but also a really good detective, helped by the fact that he's totally huge.
In this particular story, there're some other strong selling points: there's t More...
Nov 10, 2011
Amanda
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I had heard that Jo Nesbo is the heir apparent to Steig Larson, but I wasn't so sure on reading "The Redbreast." But after finishing "Nemesis" I have to agree. Nesbo is fantastic.
His books, like Larson's, are totally addictive--once you get into them. "Nemesis" is no exception.Like "Redbreast," and for me, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," there is something of a long, slow wind-up before the plot takes off and the characters be More...
His books, like Larson's, are totally addictive--once you get into them. "Nemesis" is no exception.Like "Redbreast," and for me, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," there is something of a long, slow wind-up before the plot takes off and the characters be More...
Aug 15, 2011
S.D.
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Harry Hole is a detective in Oslo in a follow-up to REDBREAST. There are several storylines running. Harry is still trying to find out who killed Ellen, his partner, a case his boss deems a time-waster since the alleged killer was already shot and killed. When a bank robbery takes the life of a teller, Beate Lonn, a video specialist who just graduated from the Police College, is called in to analyze the video. Meanwhile Anna Bethsen, an artist and old flame of Harry’s, calls him. Soon twelv
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Jul 16, 2011
Nancy
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Maybe you've started to see people reading The Snowman on the subway and thought, hm, I should pick that up. STOP. The Snowman is #7 in a series. Go back and pick up some of the earlier works in the Harry Hole series first. Now, this is going to be annoying if you are not Norwegian, because less than half of them have been translated into English. Do it anyway. Start with The Redbreast and then read Nemesis. Work your way up to The Snowman and tell all the hipsters on the F Train, "Jo Nesbø
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Jul 07, 2011
Ted
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I had a Steig Larsson sized hole in my head that needed to be filled. Jo Nesbo is so far the closest writer I could find to fill that hole. He lacks the social background and politics that really made Larsson interesting to me, so in that sense, he's much closer to the run of the mill police procedural. But the book was chockfull of interesting information about bank heist investigations, witness psychology and the like. He's probably a better writer in some ways than Larsson, in terms of s
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Jun 13, 2011
Sandy
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A series of bank robberies has the Oslo police scrambling to find the "Expeditor" and when things are taking too long through "regular" channels, Harry is given the go ahead to try his hand at solving the case. Nesbo, not satisfied with a single storyline, weaves in several other stories each directly involving Harry and each on their own holding the threat of compromising him. It is fascinating to see how Harry navigates everything that is thrown at him.
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Feb 02, 2012
Carole
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I’ve been reading Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole books completely out of sequence, not by design but because that’s the order in which I borrowed them from the library.
It all began with buying the Snowman from a Cats Protection sale for 20p and I was hooked.
I like Harry. A maverick detective, as if there was any other kind, with a drink problem as well as women and being continually at odds with authority in the Oslo police force.
This is very obviously an earlier work and I found it to b More...
It all began with buying the Snowman from a Cats Protection sale for 20p and I was hooked.
I like Harry. A maverick detective, as if there was any other kind, with a drink problem as well as women and being continually at odds with authority in the Oslo police force.
This is very obviously an earlier work and I found it to b More...
Feb 14, 2011
Jennifer
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Another Harry Hole novel quickly devoured and now I understand all the events leading up to The Devil's Star, the Jo Nesbo book I mistakenly read first (even though it was number five). Though each novel has a stand alone story, there's also bigger arcs at work--one having to do with Harry's investigation into his partner's death--an investigation that is officially closed. Things quickly go south in this novel when Harry has dinner with a former girlfriend, Anna, (while his current girlfrien
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Apr 08, 2010
Michael
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Police Det. Harry Hole is assigned to investigate the case of a bank robber who ordered a bank teller to give him money before he counts to twenty-five. He doesn't get his money fast enough and kills the cashier, then escapes with the money.
Harry is one of the best investigators on the staff. He's a recovering alcoholic who lost a partner in a shooting. His actions remind me of Dirty Harry. He's rough, uncouth and not very popular. However, his boss, Bjarne Moller likes him and gives More...
Harry is one of the best investigators on the staff. He's a recovering alcoholic who lost a partner in a shooting. His actions remind me of Dirty Harry. He's rough, uncouth and not very popular. However, his boss, Bjarne Moller likes him and gives More...
Nov 13, 2011
Jill
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This is book two in the Detective Harry Hole series that have been translated (the two earliest books have not been translated), which English readers were, prior to this year, forced to read in order of translation rather than in the logical progression written by the author. As much as I hated reading the out of order, I thought this book was the best of all of them, so it worked out fine for me in the end.
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