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“Intricate, breakneck plotting makes for an
addictive page-turner in Phantom…Brings
to mind Michael Connelly’s tortured LAPD detective Harry Bosch.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“The Oslo depiction adds a contemporary heft to Phantom that expands Nesbø’s reach…Suggests
more than a few parallels to the great television series The Wire; perhaps it is one master’s nod to another.”
— Boston Globe
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“Phantom
will maintain Jo Nesbø’s unstoppable momentum.”
— Independent (UK)
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“Easily the most troubling and heartfelt of this
excellent series, Phantom is one of
the finest suspense novels to come out of Scandinavia to date.”
— BookPage
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“Nesbø’s true subject is the deterioration of
the social fabric that has made Oslo such a civilized place.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“Far more than a procedural…Personal and topical
and hip, as usual.”
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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“Nesbø has written a cunningly constructed
thriller…running at Hollywood summer blockbuster speed.”
— Richmond Times-Dispatch
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“Superb on every level…Nesbø begins with an
emotionally gripping family drama but surrounds it with an elaborate,
beautifully constructed plot involving [a] new drug and the ruthless man who
rules its distribution. The subplots, plot twists (especially the last one),
and the fully fleshed supporting characters—many of whom could drive their own
novels—are all testament to Nesbø’s remarkable talent, but finally, it all
comes back to Harry and the pain he endures in trying to carve out a separate
peace from a world and a past that won’t let him go.”
— Booklist (starred)
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“A first-class thriller…Contains several twists,
some of which will make you gasp and at least one of which will make you cry…Phantom is Nesbø’s finest novel, a novel
for grown-ups, which triumphantly proves, as Harry says, that ‘humans are a
perverted and damaged species and there is no cure, only relief.’”
— Evening Standard (UK)
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“Deeply moving…This is Harry’s most personal
case.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred)
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“Norwegian crime fiction writer Nesbø is one of
the best…Oslo’s gritty and violent drug world is brought to life through the
characters. The fast-paced plots are twisted and riveting, and the two stories
collide to reveal a shocking climax. Nesbø is on par with the original
Scandinavian duo Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, authors of the Martin Beck
series.”
— Library Journal
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“The internationally popular detective series by
the Norwegian author builds to a blockbuster climax…Those hooked by [The Snowman] or earlier ones should make
their way here as quickly as they can…Devastating for protagonist and reader
alike.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred)
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“Another excellent example of why Nesbø has such
a firm grasp on the Nordic crime crown…Nesbø’s portrait of venality and
corruption is bleakly angry, his peek beneath Oslo’s gleaming façade
disturbing; a fascination with addiction adds to his writing’s unsettling
intensity. But he doesn’t let this overwhelm a tightly coiled plot.”
— Metro (UK)
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“Once again Nesbø demonstrates that he is a
crime writer of absolute world class…You will understand what I mean when you
read Phantom. And please do, this is
a masterpiece of the genre. Jo Nesbø just gets better and better.”
— Västerbottens Folkblad (Sweden)
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“Perhaps it was unrealistic to expect Nesbø to
reach the dizzying heights of his two previous books, The Snowman and The Leopard.
How wrong I was. Phantom is arguably
a much better book than any previous installments. Nesbø rings out the tension,
by turns painful and delicious, with consummate skill. The surprises come like
an avalanche as the end nears, engulfing everything in its path.”
— Daily Express (UK)
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“Nesbø is one of the best suspense writers in
the world and this novel fully confirms that claim…Suspenseful, moving, well
written and impossible to put down…I just can’t recommend this enough.”
— Litteratursiden.dk (Denmark)
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“A brilliant thriller rife with exciting twists
by one of the best Scandinavian crime authors.”
— Bücher (Germany)
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“Harry’s most lethally gripping and personal
journey to date.”
— Mirror (UK)
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“Phantom
must be the crime novel of the year. There is no one better or even equal to Jo
Nesbø in Scandinavian crime fiction.”
— Weekendavisen (Denmark)
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“Jo Nesbø is a master of his craft. His latest
novel, Phantom, is world-class crime
writing.”
— Dagbladet (Norway)