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Cockroaches

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099556039

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 319g

  • RRP: £8.99

Cockroaches

Harry Hole is back in a gripping twist-packed read.

‘One of Nesbo’s most accomplished novels’ Financial Times

Harry is on a special mission.

Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It’s clear that the Ambassador’s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk.

He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal.

When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary.

But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD 45 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

*Watch out for Knife, the new Harry Hole thriller, out now*

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099556039

  • Length: 464  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 319g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • If you’ve never read any Jo Nesbo, now is the perfect time to check out his excellent Harry Hole series

    Essentials

  • As with the Australian setting of The Bat, Hole’s first outing, we’re again terra incognita (Asia here); Cockroaches, organised with greater concentration than its predecessor, turns out to be one of Nesbo’s most accomplished novels

    Barry Forshaw, Financial Times

  • Set to be another sure-fire hit

    Sun

  • You'll be utterly enthralled

    Shortlist

  • Beguiling as ever... An absolute treat

    Deirdre O'Brien, Sunday Mirror

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About the Author

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo is one of the world’s bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst 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 45 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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Events

Jo Nesbo in conversation, 17th September
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Extracts

The Thirst by Jo Nesbo

Harry Hole is back in The Thirst, a blistering thriller from bestselling author Jo Nesbo. A new killer and a connection to his only unsolved case will mean that Harry will have to put everything on the line. Read the prologue and first chapter below
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Podcasts

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

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