The Leopard

Comparisons with Stieg Larsson have been made but Nesbo's plots move quickly carry more punch and really do keep you guessing to the final page A cracking good thriller...that will keep you gripped to the last page Outstanding... Probably the best big crime novel you could lay your hands on this year Nesbo's novels keep going when you think there can't be any more twists to follow. Scenes switch from the avalanche-threatened ravines and mountain cabins of back-country Norway close to oil-rich Stavanger and metropolitan Oslo to an active volcano in Africa Original Norwegian noir...absorbing <p><b>'A cracking good thriller...that will keep you gripped to the last page' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>In the depths of winter a killer stalks the city streets. Two women are found drowned in their own blood. A third woman is hanged from a diving board.<br><br><b>YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS KILLING TO GO ON.</b><br><br>The crime scenes offer no clues the media is reaching fever pitch and the police are running out of options.<br><b><br>IT'S TIME THIS WAS STOPPED...</b><br><br>There is only one man who can help them catch the killer. But Inspector Harry Hole doesn't want to be found.<br><br><b>...BECAUSE I HAVE APPOINTED THE NEXT VICTIM.</b><br><br><b>*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 55 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*</b><br><br><b>*Watch out for <i>KILLING MOON</i> the new Jo Nesbo book out now*</b></p> <p><b>Jo Nesbo</b> is one of the world's bestselling crime writers with <i>The Leopard</i> <i>Phantom</i> <i>Police</i> <i>The Son The Thirst Macbeth </i>and<i> Knife </i>all topping the <i>Sunday Times</i> 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.<br><br> 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 <i>The Bat</i>.<br><br> Sign up to the Jo Nesbo newsletter for all the latest news: jonesbo.com/newsletter</p> <p>In the depths of winter two young women are found dead both drowned in their own blood. Inspector Harry Hole deeply traumatised by an investigation that threatened the lives of those he holds most dear initially wants nothing to do with the case but his instincts take over when a prominent MP is found brutally murdered. <br><br>The victims appear completely unconnected to one another but it's not long before Harry makes a discovery: the women all spent the night in the same isolated mountain hostel. And someone is picking off the guests one by one...</p>