The Snowman - Harry Hole, Bk 7
Author: Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett (Translator)

One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy named Jonas wakes up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. Only one trace of her remains: a pink scarf, his Christmas gift to her, now worn by the snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day. Inspector Harry Hole suspects a link between the missing woman and a suspicious letter he’s received. The case deepens when a pattern emerges: over the past decade, eleven women have vanished -- all on the day of the first snow. But this is a killer who makes his own rules . . . and he’ll break his pattern just to keep the game interesting, as he draws Harry ever closer into his twisted web.

I've had this book, along with several other Nesbo thrillers, on my shelf for a few years. Finally got around to reading it after seeing a trailer for the movie that recently came out based on the novel.



This is the 7th book in the Harry Hole series but the first I have read. These books were written by a Norwegian author and Hole is a detective for the Norwegian police in Oslo. In this book, Hole is trying to solve a series of murders/disappearances of married women in which a snowman is used as a trademark by the killer. He discovers that the murders may go back several years and seem to be tied to some similar cases that took place in Bergen, Norway. The story is very compelling and leaves the reader with a sense of unease throughout. The killer is adept at throwing Harry off course and there are several false leads before the penultimate conclusion. I would definitely recommend this one to any fan of crime fiction and I'm sure I'll be reading more of these. There were some references in the book to some of the happenings in the earlier novels in the series so I will probably start at the first in the series, The Bat, and read from there...hopefully sooner than later...aye so much to read! I also want to see the movie version although some of the reviews I've read have not been kind...possibly the viewers had not read the source material. We'll see...

Releasing into the Surprise Paperback bookbox. Hope someone will enjoy this one!

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