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The Thirst

The Thirst

Summary

'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 OVER 55 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

*Watch out for KILLING MOON, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now*

Jo Nesbo was a Sunday Times number one bestseller with Macbeth on 20/09/2018

Reviews

  • Expertly plotted with vividly drawn characters, frenetic police chases and philosophising villains [...] Expect to be thoroughly entertained
    Crime Fiction Lover

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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