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Headhunters

Headhunters

‘Keeps the twists and shocks coming hard and fast’ Metro

Summary

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

'Spectacular storytelling and a beautifully judged super-twist' Daily Mail

LIE.


Clever, wealthy, married to a beautiful woman: Roger Brown has it all. And his sideline as an art thief keeps him busy when his job as a corporate headhunter gets dull.

STEAL.

Then his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Ambitious and talented, he's the perfect candidate for a top job Roger needs to fill - and the priceless painting he owns makes him the perfect target for a heist. But soon Roger finds out that there's more to Greve than meets the eye, and it's not long before the hunter becomes the hunted...

MURDER?

'A sizeable measure of sheer entertainment' Independent

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

Reviews

  • The reader is glued to the pages like gum to the street... Nesbo has accomplished an easily digested, but nevertheless brilliant and elegant thriller
    Dagsavisen (Norway)

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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