As has become the habit with Hole novels, Nesbo adopts a breakneck pace, throwing twists and turn at us faster than we can let them sink in.īy the middle of it, you actually stop thinking that you know what is going to happen next, and start experiencing the novel by “living” through the story, as Hole himself would from his own perspective. However, things don’t go Hole’s way as Oslo is need of him once again a new and rather deranged psychopath killed two young women, drowning them in their own blood.Īs Hole finally manages to make his way back to his town, the killer strikes once again, thrusting Hole knee-deep into a challenging investigation, one that will take pit him against a new face of evil.ĭespite there being virtually no leads, Hole doesn’t let up his efforts and trudges on forward to meet his new adversary, who despite being quite insane, is undoubtedly very cunning, intelligent, and self-aware. Jo Nesbo’s The Leopard is another novel in the Harry Hole series, this time focusing on our beloved protagonist as he tries to escape the demons from his past by retreating to Hong Kong, otherwise known as “as far away as possible”.
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