The Devil's Star
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
BookCrossing - NSSSSS 2007 - jillbe
Rating - 8/10
The Times
"An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension."
Synopsis
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the devil's star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work. A wave of similar murders is on the horizon. An emerging pattern suggests that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands, and the five-pointed devil's star is key to solving the riddle.
I do like finding a new author I enjoy! I enjoyed the characters (all the best detectives have a character flaw & Harry certainly does), the plot, the pace & the city of Oslo. It appears that there are other books in the series which I'll be looking outfor.
Thank you jillbe for introducing me to Jo Nesbo.
BookCrossing - NSSSSS 2007 - jillbe
Rating - 8/10
The Times
"An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension."
Synopsis
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the devil's star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force and is left with little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor and get to work. A wave of similar murders is on the horizon. An emerging pattern suggests that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands, and the five-pointed devil's star is key to solving the riddle.
I do like finding a new author I enjoy! I enjoyed the characters (all the best detectives have a character flaw & Harry certainly does), the plot, the pace & the city of Oslo. It appears that there are other books in the series which I'll be looking outfor.
Thank you jillbe for introducing me to Jo Nesbo.