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Killing Moon

Killing Moon

Summary

THIS KILLER WILL GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD...

'A 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight' LEE CHILD

*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*



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When a body is found in the forest, the police make a horrifying discovery: her scalp has been removed and sewn back on. But they have no idea why.

With a second woman reported missing, detectives fear their worst nightmare has come true.

A serial killer is stalking the streets of Oslo.

With time running out to find the woman, former detective Harry Hole is called in to think like a murderer thinks... and to track down this killer before they strike again.

But Harry has ulterior motives for wanting to solve this case and, if he fails, there could be more than one life at risk.


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'Nesbo deploys all the key ingredients of a cracking good thriller... effortless' Guardian

'The undisputed king of Scandinavian crime fiction' The Times

‘Unbearably tense’ Sunday Times


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Killing Moon is the 13th novel in the Harry Hole series, although each title reads as a standalone.

*OVER 60 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE*

Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
A Sunday Times Book of the Year, 2023

Reviews

  • Not just an unbearably tense thriller but another of Nesbo's studies in love and loneliness... there are few greater crime writers
    The Times, Crime Book of the Month

About the author

Jo Nesbo

Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers. When commissioned to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, Di Derre, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat. His books The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife have all since topped the Sunday Times charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 60 million copies around the world.
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