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“The chills are palpable in this nerve-racking thriller.”
— New York Times Book Review
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A dizzyingly taut feat of storytelling.
— The Boston Globe
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An invigorating must-read.
— Newsweek
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The chills are palpable in this nerve-racking thriller.
— The New York Times Book Review
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A hugely enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse. . . . Nesbo manages the book’s unnervingly scary scenes so well he should consider tackling a horror novel.
— Richmond Times Dispatch
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Scandinavian crime thrillers don’t come much darker or more tense than the best-selling Harry Hole series, and this tenth outing for the Norwegian detective is the best yet.
— Sunday Mirror (UK)
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Nesbø's dark and gripping crime series featuring the Oslo detective Harry Hole [is] fascinating readers with its ever-deepening portrait, Breaking Bad–style, of a hero's gradual transition to an antihero.
— Chicago Tribune
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So dark, intense, and bone chilling that immersion in [Nesbø’s] world for an extended period is not for the sensitive.
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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A multi-layered and intertwining story that makes your head spin, while delivering a masterclass in suspenseful writing. . . . Simply sit back and enjoy every twist and turn.
— Sunday Express (UK)
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An electrifying ride. . . . A master of suspense, red herrings and false trails, as well as a mesmerizing storyteller. Nesbø is in a league of his own.
— The Sydney Morning Herald
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Plot twists worthy of a möbius strip.
— Bloomberg News
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Attempts at work and sleep [are] futile until it is finished.
— The Daily Telegraph
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“Ingenious…Nesbø messes with everyone here, especially the reader, but furious as we’d like to be, in the end we’re willing supplicants.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“In Nesbø’s able hands, Harry’s absence is a character unto itself, but this will only make readers more eager to learn Harry’s fate.”
— Publishers Weekly