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Blood Ties

Blood Ties

Summary

FAMILY COMES FIRST. NO MATTER THE COST.

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

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

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

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Bracingly and bleakly funny' Telegraph

Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os, where they've killed their way to the top. Carl manages the swanky spa hotel, while Roy has made ambitious plans for an amusement park.

Life’s good at the top. But the local sheriff is looking to bring them down.

Sheriff Kurt Olsen believes he has new evidence that will prove the brothers’ involvement in several past murders – but Carl and Roy are used to covering their tracks, and they're not afraid to get their hands dirty.

The body count in Os is about to get even higher.

Blood Ties is an explosive suspense novel about family, loyalty, and the lengths someone is willing to go to for both, from crime writing's king of the cliffhanger.

[Jo Nesbo, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024]

Reviews

  • A 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight
    Lee Child

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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