The Leopard

by Jo Nesbo
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A heart-stopping thriller from the international crime fiction star and top 5 bestseller that the Independent has called 'The next Stieg Larsson'.

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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. 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...This is the eighth book in the Harry Hole series.

Editorial Reviews

"It's fascinating to discover, from the incident details, what it is like to live for much of the time in a world under snow.... Nesbo writes beautifully" - Jessica Mann, Literary Review

"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" - Times Literary Supplement

"There are passages [which are] so anatomically gruesome... that they can only be properly read through the gaps between protecting fingers" - Prospect

"A cracking good thriller" - Guardian

"Original Norwegian noir...absorbing" - Tom Huddleston, Time Out

"Will keep you guessing until last page." - Best

"The Leopard once again proves his undoubted talents for crime fiction with a Scandinavian setting" - Press Association

"If you like detective fiction, you'll love this" - Irish Independent

"So is THE LEOPARD as good as THE SNOWMAN? In my opinion it's better. More layered with more suspicious characters, red-herrings and locations than ever before" - Eurocrime blog

"Nesbo is such a terrific action writer" - Daily Telegraph

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