A Great Thriller from Jaclyn

The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo

The Harry Hole series--I love these books. The books are translated into English from Norwegian. Harry is a detective in Norway. He is not a perfect cop, though. He is a recovering alcoholic (who lapses often). He is also not well liked in the department. He is, however, very good at his job, which is of course solving the murder. If you have not read these books, I highly recommend the entire series!!  -- Jaclyn

"A fantastically gripping thriller from the best-selling author of The Snowman.

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, and Harry’s chase takes him to the most forbidden corners of the former Yugoslavia.

Yet it’s when he returns to Oslo that he encounters true darkness: among the homeless junkies and Salvationists, eagerly awaiting a savior to deliver them from misery, whether he brings new life or immediate death.

With its shrewdly vertiginous narrative, acid-etched characters, and white-hot pace, The Redeemer is resounding proof of Jo Nesbø’s standing as one of the best crime writers of our time."  ~ from Amazon