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Jo Nesbo


Jo Nesbø’s books have sold more than eighteen million copies worldwide, and have been translated into forty-seven languages. His Harry Hole novels include The Bat, The Redbreast, Nemesis, The Devil’s Star, The Snowman, and The Leopard, and he is the author of Headhunters and several children’s books. He has received the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel. He is also a musician, songwriter, and economist and lives in Oslo.

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The Cockroaches
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Crime
978-0-307-36028-1 (0-307-36028-8)

December 10, 2013 | $24.95

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The Cockroaches
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307360281
Our Price: $24.95
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The Cockroaches
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | 352 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Crime
978-0-307-36030-4 (0-307-36030-X)

December 10, 2013 | $





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Police
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | 384 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Crime
978-0-345-81322-0 (0-345-81322-7)

September 17, 2013 | $18.99



The thrilling follow-up to Jo Nesbo's #1 bestseller Phantom.

Several police officers are found murdered at the scene of an old and unsolved murder case that they were involved in investigating. The killings are extremely brutal and bestial. The police have no leads. What's more, they're missing their best investigator. A severely...

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Police
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Crime
978-0-345-81320-6 (0-345-81320-0)

September 17, 2013 | $24.95

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Police
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345813206
Our Price: $24.95
   Quantity: 1 
(Available September 17, 2013)


The thrilling follow-up to Jo Nesbo's #1 bestseller Phantom.

Several police officers are found murdered at the scene of an old and unsolved murder case that they were involved in investigating. The killings are extremely brutal and bestial. The police have no leads. What's more, they're missing their best investigator. A severely...

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The Bat
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36102-8 (0-307-36102-0)

June 4, 2013 | $19.95

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The Bat
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307361028
Our Price: $19.95
   Quantity: 1 
(Available June 4, 2013)


Available in English at last! The first book in the remarkable, bestselling Harry Hole series from Jo Nesbo.

Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The Snowman tried to take everything he held dear, he went to Australia. Harry Hole is sent to Sydney...



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Harry Hole Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | 1368 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction - Crime
978-0-345-81314-5 (0-345-81314-6)

November 19, 2012 | $19.99

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Harry Hole Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345813145
Our Price: $19.99


With more than seven million copies sold worldwide, and translated into over forty languages, Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series is an international phenomenon. Detective Harry Hole is a genuine anti-hero: a handsome loner, an alcoholic and workaholic who is tormented in his personal life even as he is revered by his...


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The Bat
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36101-1 (0-307-36101-2)

October 9, 2012 | $24.95

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The Bat
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307361011
Our Price: $24.95
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Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The Snowman tried to take everything he held dear, he went to Australia. Harry Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl, who was working in a bar. Initially...



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The Bat
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | 256 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36103-5 (0-307-36103-9)

October 9, 2012 | $12.99

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The Bat
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307361035
Our Price: $12.99


Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The Snowman tried to take everything he held dear, he went to Australia. Harry Hole is sent to Sydney to investigate the murder of Inger Holter, a young Norwegian girl, who was working in a bar. Initially...



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Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction - Crime
978-0-307-36108-0 (0-307-36108-X)

October 2, 2012 | $19.95

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Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307361080
Our Price: $19.95
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Summer. A boy, Gusto, is lying on the floor of an Oslo apartment. He is bleeding and will soon die. He is trying to make sense of what has happened. In order to place his life and death in some kind of context he begins to tell his story. Outside, the...



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Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction - Crime
978-0-307-36107-3 (0-307-36107-1)

March 20, 2012 | $24.95

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Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307361073
Our Price: $24.95
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The next instalment in the Harry Hole series, from the bestselling and internationally acclaimed Jo Nesbo.
 
Summer. A boy, Gusto, is lying on the floor of an Oslo apartment. He is bleeding and will soon die. He is trying to make sense of what has happened. In order to place his life...

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Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | 624 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction - Crime
978-0-307-36109-7 (0-307-36109-8)

March 20, 2012 | $12.99

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Phantom
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307361097
Our Price: $12.99


The next instalment in the Harry Hole series, from the bestselling and internationally acclaimed Jo Nesbo.
 
Summer. A boy, Gusto, is lying on the floor of an Oslo apartment. He is bleeding and will soon die. He is trying to make sense of what has happened. In order to place his life...

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The Leopard
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 624 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-35973-5 (0-307-35973-5)

November 1, 2011 | $19.95

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The Leopard
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307359735
Our Price: $19.95
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Harry Hole is back and this time he's back from very, very far away. Another gripping instalment in this prize-winning and acclaimed series by the internationally #1 bestselling crime writer in Norway.

Two women are found murdered in Oslo — both of them have drowned in their own blood. What mystifies the...

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Headhunters
Written by Jo Nesbo

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-36025-0 (0-307-36025-3)

September 6, 2011 | $19.95

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Headhunters
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307360250
Our Price: $19.95
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A fantastic standalone thriller from the #1 bestselling author Jo Nesbo.

Roger Brown has it all: Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve...

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Headhunters
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-36027-4 (0-307-36027-X)

September 6, 2011 | $9.99

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Headhunters
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307360274
Our Price: $9.99


A fantastic standalone thriller from the #1 bestselling author Jo Nesbo.

Roger Brown has it all: Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve...

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The Leopard
Written by Jo Nesbo

eBook | pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35974-2 (0-307-35974-3)

March 22, 2011 | $9.99

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The Leopard
Written by Jo Nesbo

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307359742
Our Price: $9.99


Harry Hole is back and this time he's back from very, very far away. Another gripping instalment in this prize-winning and acclaimed series by the internationally #1 bestselling crime writer in Norway.

Two women are found murdered in Oslo — both of them have drowned in their own blood. What mystifies the...

Also available as a trade paperback.


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