Phantom

"Intricate, breakneck plotting . . . an addictive page-turner." --Los Angeles Times

"One of this great crime writer's best. . . . Not to be missed." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"A cunningly constructed thriller with a lot of moving parts, and once [Nesb ] sets the machinery in motion, the pace accelerates. . . . at Hollywood summer blockbuster speed." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Whether you are already a fan of Harry Hole, or just getting to know him, the gripping suspense and fast-paced action that fills Phantom will keep you reading until dawn." --Oprah.com

"Chilling. . . . Nesb 's most realistic and most affecting [novel]." --The Columbus Dispatch

"Far more than a procedural. . . . Personal and topical and hip, as usual. . . . Nesb sets an emotionally wrenching story about family within a twisty tale of designer drugs, Norwegian police corruption, and a teenage underworld." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"The most realistic novel in this series . . . it may also be the darkest. . . . Although the novel's villains can't hold a candle to Nesb 's typical psychos, they're much closer to the ones you might meet in the real world." --The New York Times Book Review

"While Hole is indisputably the dominant force, Phantom features a second character that adds a surprising depth to the novel--and that is Oslo itself." --The Boston Globe

"Harry Hole is fast becoming one of the planet's favorite detectives. And his demons are almost as legendary as his observational and analytical skills. [This is] Harry's most lethally gripping and personal journey to date." --The Mirror (UK)

"Phantom will maintain Jo Nesb 's unstoppable momentum. . . . His recovering-alcoholic, shambolic, rule-breaking detective is somehow always surprising us . . . The relationship between Harry and Rakel is truly multifaceted, and richer in nuance than anything else in the crime genre." --The Independent (UK)

"Deeply moving . . . This is Harry's most personal case, and yet Nesb never allows Harry's paternal feelings for Oleg to cloud his need for truth, however costly that pursuit may be." --Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Phantom is a gritty, pared-back thriller." --Esquire

"Nesb begins with an emotionally gripping family drama but surrounds it with an elaborate, beautifully constructed plot. . . . Finally, it all comes back to Harry and the pain he endures in trying to carve out a separate peace from a world and a past that won't let him go. Superb on every level." --Booklist (starred)

"Those hooked by [The Snowman] or earlier ones should make their way here as quickly as they can . . . This one best takes the full measure of the man . . . Devastating for protagonist and reader alike." --Kirkus Reviews (starred)