The Thirst (Vintage Publishing)

Harry Hole is back in the blistering Sunday Times number one bestseller! 'The king of all crime writers' Sunday Express There's a new killer on the streets A woman is found murdered after an internet date.

The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer. And he's out for blood Under pressure from the media to solve the crime, the force know there's only one man for the job.

But Harry Hole is reluctant to return to the place that almost took everything from him. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case... *JO NESBO HAS SOLD 45 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE* *Watch out for Knife, the new Harry Hole thriller, out now* Expertly plotted with vividly drawn characters, frenetic police chases and philosophising villains[...] Expect to be thoroughly entertained.

* Crime Fiction Lover * Gripping from the get-go, deliciously dark and expertly plotted, this is Nesbo at his brilliant best * Heat * An epic tale that will delight fans of the bestselling series... There is always a risk that if you resurrect a much-loved series after a long break it will not reach its previous highs.

But The Thirst is Nesbo at his glorious best with even the minor characters wonderfully drawn. This tense, nerve-shredding tale is impossible to put down as it hurtles towards a stunning finale. Nesbo is one of the best thriller writers on the planet -- Charlotte Heathcote * Daily Express * It's a big-boned, Technicolor epic in the current Nesbo style, starting adagio and ending accelerando, but with the kind of close psychological character readings that distinguished his early work * Guardian * An extremely gruesome journey to the darker recesses of human nature, this grisly treat will delight Nesbo's fans * Mirror *