The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo

Read the full post at - The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo I don’t like horror. I don’t like crime fiction. And I really don’t like gratuitous violence. And yet I have read so many Jo Nesbø books. I think that says everything you need to know about how good he is. It all traces back to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. That book cracked open Scandinavian crime fiction for me, and once I found Nesbø, I never left. His Harry Hole series is fast-paced, tightly written, and genuinely hard to put down — even when you’d probably rather look away. The Redeemer The Redeemer is not Nesbø at his absolute best, but “not his best” for Nesbø still means it’s a very good book. The plot pulls Harry Hole into the world of the Salvation Army, a contract killing, and a web of secrets that gets darker the further in you go. And dark is the right word. This book is dark. Even by Nesbø’s standards, which are already set pretty far into uncomfortable territory. The Verdict If you’re already a Nesbø reader, pick it up…