Editions

The Son

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099582144

  • Length: 656  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 39mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 447g

  • RRP: £8.99

The Son

'Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express

SONNY'S ON THE RUN

Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins.

HE'S BEEN LIED TO HIS WHOLE LIFE

But then one prisoner's confession changes everything. He knows something about Sonny's disgraced father.

SONNY WANTS REVENGE

He needs to break out of prison and make those responsible pay for their crimes.

WHATEVER THE COST

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD 45 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE*

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099582144

  • Length: 656  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 39mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 447g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • An expertly plotted, compelling and gripping white-knuckle ride… Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers

    Sunday Express

  • A cat-and-mouse chase between a young prisoner and a troubled detective, this is a tense, violent and hugely absorbing walk on the murky side of Oslo

    Sunday Mirror

  • Nesbo never fails to deliver a cracking narrative – and this is one of his best

    Mail on Sunday

  • An excellent novelist... Nesbo paints an intricate, disturbing picture of rampant corruption within prison and the police service... The strong action is tempered by tenderness

    Marcel Berlins, The Times

  • Gripping from start to finish

    John Williams, Mail on Sunday

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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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