The thrilling sequel to Nesbo's debut novel The Bat, The Cockroaches sees Harry Hole sent to Bangkok to investigate the murder of the Norwegian ambassador
Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers,
with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and
Knife all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He's an
international number one bestseller and his books are published in
50 languages, selling over 50 million copies around the world.
Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway's
premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally
for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age
of eighteen. After three years military service he attended
business school and formed the band Di Derre ('Them There'). They
topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a
financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at
night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about
life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot
for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat.
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As with the Australian setting of The Bat, Hole's first outing,
we're again terra incognita (Asia here); Cockroaches, organised
with greater concentration than its predecessor, turns out to be
one of Nesbo's most accomplished novels
*Financial Times*
Cockroaches will thrill Harry Hole addicts. It's classic
fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat style
*UK Press Syndication*
It's fun to see Nesbo finding his feet with Hole...and he weaves a
large cast and a complex plot into a satisfying plunge into a
filthy south-east Asian underbelly, ripe to bursting with
corruption, exploitation and cruelty
*Metro*
If you’ve never read any Jo Nesbo, now is the perfect time to check
out his excellent Harry Hole series
*Essentials*
As with the Australian setting of The Bat, Hole’s first outing,
we’re again terra incognita (Asia here); Cockroaches, organised
with greater concentration than its predecessor, turns out to be
one of Nesbo’s most accomplished novels
*Financial Times*
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