Kerry answers “Do you need to read the ones before to...”

Elisabeth Martínez garcía asked this question about The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7):

Do you need to read the ones before to read this book? Is there any personal history besides or it is a totally independent book?

Kerry The Harry Hole books do all work independently though if you read later books first they contain 'spoilers' relating to the regular characters, primar…moreThe Harry Hole books do all work independently though if you read later books first they contain 'spoilers' relating to the regular characters, primarily the officers and their families. Most obviously, if you know a particular character appears in a later book that they are not going to die in a seemingly perilous situation in the older one.

As Holger says, you do not need to have read the previous ones to be able to follow the story but there are references to events that have already happened. I have read the series completely out of order and it has not spoilt my enjoyment.(less)

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