Gardening Sale!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's

Recently Viewed clear list

Guests | May 6, 2013

Benjamin Percy: IMG The Roof People

1 comment By Benjamin Percy

My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would... Continue »
  1. $18.19 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Red Moon

    Benjamin Percy 9781455501663
spacer
Ships free on qualified orders.
$8.95
List price: $25.95
Used Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
9 Beaverton Mystery- A to Z

The Snowman

by

The Snowman Cover

ISBN13: 9780307595867
ISBN10: 0307595862
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
All Product Details

 

Staff Pick

If you're making a list of hot Nordic mysteries, Nesbø's Harry Hole series should be among the top. Perfectly paced, this ambitious and gripping thriller is impossible to put down.
Recommended by Michal D., Powells.com

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Internationally acclaimed crime writer Jo Nesbø's antihero police investigator, Harry Hole, is back: in a bone-chilling thriller that will take Hole to the brink of insanity.

Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mothers pink scarf.

Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter hes received and the disappearance of Jonas's mother and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn in an increasingly terrifying game whose rules are devised and constantly revised by the killer.

Fiercely suspenseful, its characters brilliantly realized, its atmosphere permeated with evil, The Snowman is the electrifying work of one of the best crime writers of our time.

Review:

"In this chilling installment in Nesbø's Insp. Harry Hole crime series (The Devil's Star, etc.), a snowman left in the front yard of Birte Becker's Oslo house is the only clue to the woman's disappearance. When Sylvia Ottersen disappears from her farmhouse soon afterward, the snowman the killer leaves behind has a gruesome addition: Sylvia's severed head. Harry, aided by Katrine Bratt, a brash new member of his team with secrets of her own, combs through past missing person cases, looking for other victims of the killer now dubbed the Snowman. Several months earlier, Harry received an anonymous letter referring to both snowmen and the Australian serial killer he'd pursued early in his career. What appeared random and bizarre then now takes on new meaning as Harry realizes the killer is taunting him. Nesbø breathes new life into the serial killer subgenre, giving it a Norwegian twist and never losing his laconic hero in the process. 150,000 first printing; 6-city author tour. (May)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Review:

"Jo Nesbø is my new favorite thriller writer and Harry Hole my new hero." Michael Connelly
back to top

Video

About the Author

Jo Nesbø is a musician, songwriter, economist, and author. His previous Harry Hole novels include The Redbreast, Nemesis, and The Devils Star. His books, translated into forty languages, have sold more than six million copies worldwide, and he has received the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel (previously awarded to Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell). He lives in Oslo.
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 5 comments:
egbsafari, January 31, 2012 (view all comments by egbsafari)
jo nesbo mesmerized me with a mix of violence, shocking dialogue and a lead detective to pity and love.
the snowman is accessible for an american reader. I would recommend it to all my friends, provided they are ready for pg-13 or more content.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
report this comment
catfish, January 2, 2012 (view all comments by catfish)
Twisty plot turns, creepy serial murders, lots of atmosphere, great dysfunctional Scandinavian detective! What more could you want in a thriller.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
report this comment
bamboo, January 1, 2012 (view all comments by bamboo)
Well written, tense, different part of the world, complex with interesting personalities.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
report this comment
View all 5 comments
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780307595867
Author:
Jo Nesbo
Publisher:
Knopf Publishing Group
Author:
Bartlett, Don
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery-A to Z
Subject:
Thrillers
Copyright:
2011
Publication Date:
20110531
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
9.53 x 6.59 x 1.42 in 1.72 lb
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. The Redeemed: A Jenny Cooper Mystery Used Hardcover $12.50
  2. A Singular Woman: The Untold Story...
    Used Hardcover $7.50
  3. People of the Book
    Used Trade Paper $4.50
  4. Tabloid City Used Hardcover $6.95
  5. The Body in the Thames: Chaloner's... Sale Hardcover $10.98
  6. The Fires of the Gods: A Sugawara... New Hardcover $28.95
back to top

Related Subjects

Fiction and Poetry » Mystery » A to Z
Fiction and Poetry » Mystery » Featured Titles
Fiction and Poetry » Popular Fiction » Contemporary Thrillers

The Snowman Used Hardcover
0 stars - 0 reviews
$8.95 In Stock
Product details 400 pages Knopf - English 9780307595867 Reviews:
"Staff Pick" by ,

If you're making a list of hot Nordic mysteries, Nesbø's Harry Hole series should be among the top. Perfectly paced, this ambitious and gripping thriller is impossible to put down.

by Michal D.
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "In this chilling installment in Nesbø's Insp. Harry Hole crime series (The Devil's Star, etc.), a snowman left in the front yard of Birte Becker's Oslo house is the only clue to the woman's disappearance. When Sylvia Ottersen disappears from her farmhouse soon afterward, the snowman the killer leaves behind has a gruesome addition: Sylvia's severed head. Harry, aided by Katrine Bratt, a brash new member of his team with secrets of her own, combs through past missing person cases, looking for other victims of the killer now dubbed the Snowman. Several months earlier, Harry received an anonymous letter referring to both snowmen and the Australian serial killer he'd pursued early in his career. What appeared random and bizarre then now takes on new meaning as Harry realizes the killer is taunting him. Nesbø breathes new life into the serial killer subgenre, giving it a Norwegian twist and never losing his laconic hero in the process. 150,000 first printing; 6-city author tour. (May)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Review" by , "Jo Nesbø is my new favorite thriller writer and Harry Hole my new hero."
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.