Product Description

The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother's pink scarf.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #395 in Books
• Published on: 2010-08-19
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x 1.30" w x 5.08" l, .84 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

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Review
`An ingenious, bizarre and exceptional serial-killer investigation ... as riveting as The Silence of the Lambs'.
--The Sunday Times

'Clearly, someone very disturbed but brilliantly clever is at work here, pitting himself against the very best cop in Norway' --Daily Mail

'A must-read for Stieg Larsson fans, this pacey crime thriller blends enthralling storytelling with an insightful take on controversial issues' --Grazia

`...must-read for Stieg Larsson fans, this pacey crime thriller blends enthralling storytelling with an insightful take on controversial issues'
--Grazia

'Everything zips along, with some excellent red herrings in a tight plot...Nesbo keeps you turning the pages...'
--The Times

"[I'm] adding Jo Nesbo to my pile of crime writers who deserve serious reading attention." --Scott Pack, 'Me and My Big Mouth'

`Norway's mighty Jo Nesbo conjures up such a gripping sense of terror in The Snowman...that his tale of a perverted serial killer with a penchant for the titular figures leaves your wits scrambled' --Metro, December 13, 2010

'The fact that he is able to combine the urgency of the best storytellers with a keen and intelligent engagement with social issues may well be the reason why Nesbø is shaping up to be the next big name in Scandinavian crime fiction' --Harrogate International Festivals, December 6, 2010

"fans of Stieg Larsson will love this psychological thriller set in snowy Oslo" --Lighter Life, January 7, 2011

Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli picks The Snowman as his holiday read: `My big book discovery this time was The Snowman by Jo Nesbo - it's about a Norwegian detective who has to investigate a series of gruesome murders. What could be better for holiday entertainment.' --Mail on Sunday

From the Inside Flap
The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother’s pink scarf. Inspector Harry Hole is convinced there is a link between the disappearance and a menacing letter he received some months earlier. As Harry and his team delve into unsolved case files, they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. When a second woman disappears Harry’s suspicions are confirmed: he is a pawn in a deadly game. For the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his turf, a killer who will drive him to the brink of insanity. A brilliant thriller with a pace that never lets up, The Snowman confirms Jo Nesbø’s position as an international star of crime fiction.

From the Back Cover

'A superb thriller. Jo Nesbø is astonishingly good; he knows how to grab you, by the throat and by the heart' Jeff Abbott

'Many authors know how to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Jo Nesbo's one of the few who keeps them there' Linwood Barclay

'Soon the first snow will come. And then he will appear again. And when the snow has gone, he will have taken someone else.'

On a cold winter night, a young boy wakes to find his mother missing. The house is empty but in the garden outside he finds his mother's favourite scarf - wrapped around the neck of the snowman that appeared in their garden that day.

As Harry Hole and his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. Is there a link between the disappearances and a menacing letter Harry was sent months earlier?

When a second woman disappears it seems his suspicions are confirmed. For the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf; a killer who will drive him to the brink of insanity...

'Chilling, spectacular stuff' Mark Billingham