Tag: alcoholic

  • Nemesis

    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, c2002, 2012 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 5 ISBN: 9780062119698 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 480 (501 including an excerpt from The Devil’s Star) Setting: Oslo, Norway, D’Ajuda & Porto Seguro, Brazil Time…

  • The Leopard

    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense,  thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 8 ISBN: 9780307595874 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 513* Setting: Hong Kong, China, Oslo,  Norway, Kigali, Rwanda & Goma, The Congo Time period: Contemporary Plot…

  • The Redbreast

    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, c2000, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, historical fiction Series: Harry Hole; 3 ISBN: 9780062068422 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 553 (563 including an excerpt from The Devil’s Star) Setting: Oslo, Norway, Leningrad, Russia, and Vienna,…

  • The Snowman

    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 7 ISBN: 9780307595867 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 384 Setting: Oslo, Norway Time period: Most of the story takes place in November 2004, but some…

  • Skullcrack

    By Ben Bo Place: Publisher & Year: Minneapolis: Lerner Sports, 2000 Genres: General fiction, adventure, paranormal ISBN: 9780822533085 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 159 (161 including Editor’s Note) Setting: Mulligan, Ireland (County Sligo) and Storm Island, Florida (near Cape Canaveral) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Jonah Ebbers has one good thing in his…

  • Caught Stealing

    By Charlie Huston Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ballantine Books, 2004 Genres: Thriller, crime thriller, suspense Series: Hank Thompson series; 1 ISBN: 9780345464774 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 240 Setting: Lower East Side, NYC (Manhattan) Time period: 2002 or 2003 Plot summary: Hank Thompson has had a really bad day which has stretched…