It is official. I have found another book to tell everyone else about and recommend far and wide. Jo Nesbo's The Snowman hooked me from the first page. While it seems a bit unfair to compare one book to another, there are a lot of aspects of this one that remind me of Stieg Larsson's books. The setting would be the first- oh, so many names and places that I was intrigued by. A wide cast of characters. Suspense. And more suspense. By the end of this book (which I read on my kindle) I was racing through, needing to know how this ended up.
The brief synopsis: There is a murderer on the loose, who happens to leave a snowman as his calling card. There is also a detective who had been on the case that has been missing for twelve years. Harry Hole has been joined by a new detective, Katrine Bratt who are determined to identify this serial killer who is on the loose. As they get closer to identifying this person, there are more women - and men - killed.
When I first heard of this book, I was not interested even one little bit. The cover just didn't do much for me, and even though I know better than to judge a book by it's cover, I will admit to such shallow behavior. However, after I heard about The Snowman every time I turned around, I decided that that many people couldn't be wrong.
The best news is that Harry Hole is a recurring character in three other Jo Nesbo books. Guess what I will be adding to my TBR list.
The Snowman may just well end up being my "sleeper" pick of the summer.
7 comments:
I can see from your thoughts (and those of others) that I need to read this one. The whole cold aspect is appealing right now too as we have experienced one of our hottest Junes. I'll get to this one soon.
I don't know if I can read it-just the picture of the cover creeps me out. I'm glad you enjoyed it and perhaps I will live vicariously through that!
I can't wait to read this one but I have to be honest and say you are the 2nd to make reference to Larsson and I was not a fan so I am starting to be a little concerned.
BTW - Tina, do you know if this is available to loan? Would you be interested in loaning me and I can loan you one of mine?
My email is marceblogspot(at)hotmail(dot)com if interested.
I bought this one for my husband for father's day. Haven't read it yet. He said it was "OK" but that's his review on just about everything! I've been on a Scandinavian mystery kick reading the Inspector Wallander novels of Herman Mankell, which I had missed when they came out. Highly recommended if you haven't tried those!
I bought this for my husband for Father's Day too! But he hasn't started it yet. Could be awhile...he is a very slow reader. :)
we have this from the library. I hadn't intended to read it (I got it for Mike) but I'm starting to think I should.
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