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Harry Hole is back in a gripping twist-packed read.'One of Nesbo's most accomplished novels' Financial TimesHarry is on a special mission.Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It's clear that the Ambassador's family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk.He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal.When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary.But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now*
CONTRIBUTORS: Jo Nesbo, Don BartlettEAN: 9780099556039COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 319 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage PublishingDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-06-05CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Noir, FICTION / World Literature / NorwayWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Thailand, Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation
As with the Australian setting of The Bat, Hole's first outing, we're again terra incognita (Asia here); Cockroaches, organised with greater concentration than its predecessor, turns out to be one of Nesbo's most accomplished novels, Cockroaches will thrill Harry Hole addicts. It's classic fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat style, It's fun to see Nesbo finding his feet with Hole...and he weaves a large cast and a complex plot into a satisfying plunge into a filthy south-east Asian underbelly, ripe to bursting with corruption, exploitation and cruelty, If you’ve never read any Jo Nesbo, now is the perfect time to check out his excellent Harry Hole series, As with the Australian setting of The Bat, Hole’s first outing, we’re again terra incognita (Asia here); Cockroaches, organised with greater concentration than its predecessor, turns out to be one of Nesbo’s most accomplished novels
Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 50 million copies around the world. Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway's premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di Derre ('Them There'). They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat. Sign up to the Jo Nesbo newsletter for all the latest news: jonesbo.com/newsletter
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Harry Hole is back in a gripping twist-packed read.'One of Nesbo's most accomplished novels' Financial TimesHarry is on a special mission.Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It's clear that the Ambassador's family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk.He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal.When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary.But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**Watch out for The Jealousy Man, the new Jo Nesbo book, out now*
CONTRIBUTORS: Jo Nesbo, Don BartlettEAN: 9780099556039COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 319 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage PublishingDATE PUBLISHED: 2014-06-05CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Noir, FICTION / World Literature / NorwayWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Thailand, Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation
Jo Nesbo is one of the world's bestselling crime writers, with The Leopard, Phantom, Police, The Son, The Thirst, Macbeth and Knife all topping the Sunday Times bestseller charts. He's an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 50 million copies around the world. Before becoming a crime writer, Nesbo played football for Norway's premier league team Molde, but his dream of playing professionally for Spurs was dashed when he tore ligaments in his knee at the age of eighteen. After three years military service he attended business school and formed the band Di Derre ('Them There'). They topped the charts in Norway, but Nesbo continued working as a financial analyst, crunching numbers during the day and gigging at night. When commissioned by a publisher to write a memoir about life on the road with his band, he instead came up with the plot for his first Harry Hole crime novel, The Bat. Sign up to the Jo Nesbo newsletter for all the latest news: jonesbo.com/newsletter
Extremely helpful - hundreds of topics covered.
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- Consider everything already broken.
Everything breaks, even rocks eventually become sand. So don't stress about it when somethings breaks! You knew it was going to happen!
- Beware of the mushroom effect of your thoughts. (She probably thinks this now. She's probably telling everybody. Now, this person will... etc)
Onheilspellende dinge op Rustenvrede wanneer die Pretpark na die dorp kom
Nog ’n Jaco Jacobs boek wat die toets van tyd deurstaan het en nou in ’n splinternuwe baadjie op die rakke is, is Pretpark. Teen alle verwagtinge in, kom ’n pretpark na die dorpie, Rustenvrede. “Al wat ooit op dié dorp aangaan, is die straatligte.” (p.5) Dit is die oorwoë mening van Anton, een van die drie hoofkarakters in die verhaal.
Die pretpark word bestuur deur Madame Zelda, en dit is spoedig duidelik dat daar ’n gevaarlike slang in die gras is. Wat volg is ’n baie spannende verhaal wat weer duidelik illustreer waarom Jaco Jacobs een van ons voorste skrywers is vir jong lesers. Die verbeeldingrykheid, en ja, grillerigheid, het geen perke nie. Ek wonder of kinders goed slaap nadat hulle ’n boek soos hierdie gelees het? Die nagmerries, hoofpyne, uitputting, selfs gebreekte naels en ‘n onverklaarde gebreekte arm – alles dinge wat manifesteer by kinders wat paaie kruis met die betrokke pretpark en spesifiek met Madame Zelda en haar swart kraai. Selfs volwassenes word gehipnotiseer en afgepers.
Pretpark, soos die ander titels in die reeks, naamlik Duister maan en Harlekyn, word uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball uitgewers
As jy een van die mense is met ’n vrees vir narre, sal ek voorstel dat jy eerder verby hou. Jaco Jacobs het my behoorlik bang geskryf met Harlekyn, wat nou spog met ’n splinternuwe baadjie.
Werner het ’n slegte skrik gekry by die sirkus toe het ses jaar oud was. Sederdien is hy baie bang vir hansworse. Soveel so dat hy nagmerries kry daarvan. Wanneer sy irriterende suster ’n antieke nar in ’n houtdosie koop en huis toe bring, begin vreemde en vreesaanjaende dinge gebeur. Dit help ook nie dat ’n oom wat speelgoed herstel, vertel van ’n ene Roberto Collodi wat die gesogte pop gemaak het, terwyl hy eintlik ’n moordenaar was nie.
Dit het my laat dink aan skrywer, Carlo Collodi, wat vir Geppeto geskep het, wat op sy beurt vir Pinochio gemaak het. Gelukkig was dit ’n baie minder geweldadige storie.
Die storie was aanvanklik ’n vervolgverhaal in ’n dagblad en het in 2010 in boekvorm verskyn. Die 2025 weergawe is uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers. Dit is geskik vir selfstandige lesers van ongeveer 9 tot 12 jaar, wat dapper genoeg is om ’n bose nar te trotseer.