Nemesis: A Novel
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Captured on clogged-circuit television: A man walks into an Oslo bank, puts a gun to a cashier’s head, and tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn’t get his money quick enough, he pulls the trigger. The young woman dies—and two million Norwegian kroner disappear lacking a trace.
After a drunken evening with his ex- girlfriend, Anna Bethsen, Police Detective Harry Hole wakes up at home with a headache, no cell phone, and no memory of the past twelve hours. That same day, Anna is establish shot dead in her bedroom, building Hole a prime suspect in an investigation led by his despised adversary Tom Waaler. Meanwhile, the bank robberies continue with unparalleled savagery, sending rogue detective Hole from the streets of Oslo to steaming Brazil in a race to close two cases and clear his name. But Waaler isn’t finished with his longtime nemesis reasonably yet.
*Edgar Nominee for Best Novel of the Year
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This book has gotten some rave reviews and I despise to knock it but I didn’t get it. I followed along as Harry Hole (the investigator) tries to deal with his personal life and the work (solving a bank robbery). Maybe, it was the translation from Norwegian that lost me. Everyone else who has reviewed it felt the drama and the suspense of this character driven novel, but I didn’t. I read it to the end, but will not pick up Jo Nesbo’s next book.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
After “The Redbreast” had to have more of Harry Hole & Nesbo. Was I imagining an unsolved murder with a policeman involved ? Have that sorted out now and waiting for the next in line (“The Devil’s Star”)before getting into “The Redeemer”, already on hand. Since Kurt Wallander is on intermission (permanently ?)Nesbo’s writing is an brilliant replacement. I don’t get much done around my home any more – but I’m certainly reading and enjoying some terrific books.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I dug the Beck series by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, reading it in the 70s and again recently. Classic stuff with a wry sense of humor behind it. Brilliant overall. Then I establish the Wallender series by Mankell and thought that was brilliant as well. I particularly liked the fog that Wallender frequently establish himself in, and how the solution came bit by bit, with minimum deus ex machina intervention. Appealing too, to get 30 years of mysteries about Sweden presenting a continuum of social commentary.
I just read the Millenium series by Stieg Larsson, and they knocked me out. Complex, moral, tense, modern, suspenseful. Many excellent scenes, and the final courtroom seen in Hornet’s Nest is outstanding.
Along comes Nesbo. My initial result to Redbreast was that it was overly complex. I liked the back tale of Norwegians in WWII, a perspective that is hard to come by. I sympathized with Harry Hole, and there was a certain amount of genre breaking material in that book. On reflection I liked it.
Now there’s Nemesis. This is even more complex than Redbreast, but I’m used to Nesbo’s juggling now and loved the dynamic of multiple plot lines being explored simultaneously. A excellent read, with more surprises. I look forwards to the denouement with respect to the Prince in Devil’s Star.
All of these books have provided way more insight into Scandinavian culture and society than I expected. All have attention-getting plot lines. And all have another feature worthy of a reader’s interest: the authors have made it simple to have a fantastic deal of sympathy for the main characters. There are additional Scandinavian mystery writers out there, these are the best, and Nesbo’s included.
Recommended.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
A very excellent addition to this superior series of mysteries set in Norway. The quality of character development and writing is well above average. Plotting is reasonably complex but carried off well. Well above average for this genre.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
A fleeting but excellent transition between Mr. Nesbø’s first and third Harry Hole books. A excellent read.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5