Plots upon plots upon plots.

Obsessively readable but convoluted story that became out of control.

Good premise and pacing, but I wasn't that into the case as I was with Snowman. Still it did have a powerful opening and was still well constructed, especially with Hole's interactions with the other cops.

Nemesis is the fourth instalment of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole detective series and I must say this series keeps getting better. In Nemesis, Harry is working to clear his name when one of his previous girlfriends is found dead, while also working in a parallel storyline on a series of bank robberies/murders.

I do find that I have to keep my wits about me while reading Nesbo's books, often needing to thumb back a few chapters to reread bits and pieces that may have seemed insignificant at the time. It's a bit like being a detective while reading - taking note of seemingly trivial details and filing them away as relevant points of interest.

For me, Harry is a loveable rogue of a cop - full of integrity even though some of his methods are not by the book. I'm liking the Tom Waaler thing which has been woven through the last book Redbreast, this one and is clearly going to be a theme in the next book. If you ask me, Tom is the Nemesis - perhaps this is another play on words that I need to file away in my mind when i start reading Nesbo's next story.

I know a lot of people don't love these books but I'm a sucker for Harry Hole and the problems he gets himself into and I just know I'll keep reading the series and enjoying the escapism of it.

keeping me on my toes...

This one becomes complicated quickly, as a series of bank robberies compete with the death of an ex for the attention of Harry Hole, who once again finds himself in the center of a labyrinthine case and this time must clear his own name. As the cases progress, they reveal some unsettling shared roots in hot-blooded betrayal and cold-blooded vengeance. The solution is very intricate and well crafted while leaving at least one enormous loose end for the next book.

Un nuovo investigatore si aggira nei panorami della letteratura noir scandinava. Si chiama Harry, e come i suoi colleghi è un drop out, violento, renitente al rispetto delle regole e alcoolizzato, ma geniale.
D'altra parte tutti i personaggi di questo volume parrebbero essere ai margini della società, per lo meno dal nostro punto di vista, e invece scopriamo ancora una volta che le società scandinave sono molto più complesse e ricche di marginalità di quanto noi possiamo immaginare.
Un ottimo libro, che lascia un finale aperto per un seguito sicuramente desiderabile.