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The Penguin Podcast: Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole book, The Thirst

Thriller writer Jo Nesbo joins Konnie Huq in the Penguin studio to talk about his new novel The Thirst, the latest instalment in his bestselling Harry Hole series

11 April 2017

Jo brings along a photo of his favourite coffee shop and rock climbing ropes, and tells Konnie about bringing Harry Hole out of retirement to track down a vampirist. He also reveals how he combines his writing career with singing in a chart-topping band.

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The Thirst

  • The Thirst

    Harry Hole

  • Harry Hole is back!

    'The king of all crime writers' Sunday Express

    There's a new killer on the streets

    A woman is found murdered after an internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer.

    And he's out for blood

    Under pressure from the media to solve the crime, the force know there's only one man for the job. But Harry Hole is reluctant to return to the place that almost took everything from him. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case...

    *JO NESBO HAS SOLD 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

    *Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo thriller, out now*

  • Buy the book

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife all topping the Sunday Times 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. 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, The Bat. Sign up to the Jo Nesbo newsletter for all the latest news: jonesbo.com/newsletter

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