Headhunters (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) - Softcover

Nesbo, Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345803477 ISBN 13: 9780345803474

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2012

Synopsis

Headhunters (Movie Tie-In Edition) Originally published: Oslo, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 2008, as Hodejegerne. Full description

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Review:

"If you don't know Nesbo, it's time to get with it." --"USA Today"
"Like [Stieg] Larsson, Nesbo explores the darkest criminal minds with grim delight and puts his killers where you least expect to find them. . . . [and] his novels are maddeningly addictive." --"Vanity Fair
""Chances are you'll be hooked . . . as Nesbo lays down a trail rich in Nordic atmosphere and in character-driven development . . . Ultimately, though, what sets Nesbo apart is his ability to keep the pages turning with such intellectual dexterity." "--Newsday
""Nesbo has a horrormeister's flair for transforming natural scenes into ominous situations." --"The New York Times" Book Review
"Irresistibly addictive. . . . This is reading as you experienced it in childhood, without any gap between eye and mind, but with the added pleasures that adult plots and adult characters can bring. . . . Brilliantly conceived, carefully worked out, and complicatedly satisfying." --"Slate"
"Nesbo's

This stand-alone gives us a brilliant array of variously flawed human beings involved in a tale of intricate plotting, excellent characterization, made-for-the-movies effects and images, and a multifaceted surprise ending. . . . A true thriller from start to finish. Library Journal

A twisty, plot-driven Hitchcockian thriller. . . . Nesbo delivers one shock after the other, culminating with a doozy of a switcheroo at the finish. It s gripping reading. Booklist

Nesbo takes a break from his Harry Hole detective series . . . with this stellar stand-alone caper.. . . . The dizzying reversals of fortune and situations that would be over-the-top in lesser hands make for a delightful roller-coaster ride. Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard fans will be delighted. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
If you don t know Nesbo, it s time to get with it. USA Today
Like [Stieg] Larsson, Nesbo explores the darkest criminal minds with grim delight and puts his killers where you least expect to find them. . . . [and] his novels are maddeningly addictive. Vanity Fair
Chances are you ll be hooked . . . as Nesbo lays down a trail rich in Nordic atmosphere and in character-driven development . . . Ultimately, though, what sets Nesbo apart is his ability to keep the pages turning with such intellectual dexterity. Newsday
Nesbo has a horrormeister s flair for transforming natural scenes into ominous situations. The New York Times Book Review
Irresistibly addictive. . . . This is reading as you experienced it in childhood, without any gap between eye and mind, but with the added pleasures that adult plots and adult characters can bring. . . . Brilliantly conceived, carefully worked out, and complicatedly satisfying. Slate
Nesbo s books have a serious, socially significant heft, as well as a confident (even cocky) narrative stride that is unmatched. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Nesbo s pace is unerring, and the way he builds up suspense will incite Pavlovian page-turning. Time Out New York

With Henning Mankell having written his last Wallander novel and Stieg Larsson no longer with us, I have had to make the decision on whom to confer the title of best current Nordic writer of crime fiction. . . . I hesitate no longer. [Nesbo] wins. . . . This is crime writing of the highest order. The Times (London)
A mind-blowing story that captivates the reader from the very first page. [Nesbo] has found a delightfully laconic, hard-boiled tone in Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett s tracks, which triumphs exactly where it should: when circumstances are the worst, the bullets zing by and the corpses pile up. . . . Entertaining, sharp and suspenseful. Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)
This book is one you absolutely have to read. . . . The outrageous storytelling is so stimulating, it makes James Ellroy look like a Boy Scout and Bret Easton Ellis like a Sunday-school boy. Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
A highly entertaining, first-rate crime novel, where Nesbo uses his entire register of narrative techniques and tricks to tell a story that is wilder and more zany than anything he has ever written before. Dagbladet (Norway)
Nesbo can out-write most of his Scandinavian colleagues. . . . Cleverly written and effectively composed, and you can easily devour it in one ravishing read. Nordjyske Stiftstidende (Denmark)
Headhunters has everything that makes a good crime novel: Strange murders, inventive disappearing acts and above all brilliant fraud for all you re worth. Bogrummet (Denmark)
The reader is glued to the pages like gum to the street. . . . With Headhunters, Nesbo has accomplished [a] . . . brilliant and elegant thriller. Dagsavisen (Norway)"

"This stand-alone gives us a brilliant array of variously flawed human beings involved in a tale of intricate plotting, excellent characterization, made-for-the-movies effects and images, and a multifaceted surprise ending. . . . A true thriller from start to finish." --Library Journal

"A twisty, plot-driven Hitchcockian thriller. . . . Nesbo delivers one shock after the other, culminating with a doozy of a switcheroo at the finish. It's gripping reading." --Booklist

"Nesbo takes a break from his Harry Hole detective series . . . with this stellar stand-alone caper.. . . . The dizzying reversals of fortune and situations that would be over-the-top in lesser hands make for a delightful roller-coaster ride. Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard fans will be delighted."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"If you don't know Nesbo, it's time to get with it." --USA Today

"Like [Stieg] Larsson, Nesbo explores the darkest criminal minds with grim delight and puts his killers where you least expect to find them. . . . [and] his novels are maddeningly addictive." --Vanity Fair

"Chances are you'll be hooked . . . as Nesbo lays down a trail rich in Nordic atmosphere and in character-driven development . . . Ultimately, though, what sets Nesbo apart is his ability to keep the pages turning with such intellectual dexterity." --Newsday

"Nesbo has a horrormeister's flair for transforming natural scenes into ominous situations." --The New York Times Book Review

"Irresistibly addictive. . . . This is reading as you experienced it in childhood, without any gap between eye and mind, but with the added pleasures that adult plots and adult characters can bring. . . . Brilliantly conceived, carefully worked out, and complicatedly satisfying." --Slate

"Nesbo's books have a serious, socially significant heft, as well as a confident (even cocky) narrative stride that is unmatched." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Nesbo's pace is unerring, and the way he builds up suspense will incite Pavlovian page-turning." --Time Out New York

"With Henning Mankell having written his last Wallander novel and Stieg Larsson no longer with us, I have had to make the decision on whom to confer the title of best current Nordic writer of crime fiction. . . . I hesitate no longer. [Nesbo] wins. . . . This is crime writing of the highest order." --The Times (London)

"A mind-blowing story that captivates the reader from the very first page. ... [Nesbo] has found a delightfully laconic, hard-boiled tone in Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett's tracks, which triumphs exactly where it should: when circumstances are the worst, the bullets zing by and the corpses pile up. . . . Entertaining, sharp and suspenseful." --Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

"This book is one you absolutely have to read. . . . The outrageous storytelling is so stimulating, it makes James Ellroy look like a Boy Scout and Bret Easton Ellis like a Sunday-school boy." --Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

"A highly entertaining, first-rate crime novel, where Nesbo uses his entire register of narrative techniques and tricks to tell a story that is wilder and more zany than anything he has ever written before." --Dagbladet (Norway)

"Nesbo can out-write most of his Scandinavian colleagues. . . . Cleverly written and effectively composed, and you can easily devour it in one ravishing read." --Nordjyske Stiftstidende (Denmark)

"Headhunters has everything that makes a good crime novel: Strange murders, inventive disappearing acts and above all brilliant fraud for all you're worth." --Bogrummet (Denmark)

"The reader is glued to the pages like gum to the street. . . . With Headhunters, Nesbo has accomplished [a] . . . brilliant and elegant thriller." --Dagsavisen (Norway)

Book Description:

From the No.1 bestselling author of the Harry Holes series comes Headhunters - fraud, double-crossing and murder in a thriller where nothing is what it seems....

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0345803477
• ISBN 13: 9780345803474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265