Paperback: When Harry left Oslo again for Hong Kong - fleeing the traumas of life as a cop and the horrors of a case that nearly cost him his life - he thought he was there for good.
But then the unthinkable happened.
The son of the woman he loved, lost, and still loves is arrested for murder: Oleg, the boy Harry helped raise but couldn't help deserting when he fled.
Harry has come back to prove that Oleg is not a killer. Barred from rejoining the police force and denied permission to reopen the investigation, he sets out on a solitary, increasingly dangerous investigation that takes him deep into the world of the most virulent drug to ever hit the streets of Oslo (and the careers of some of the city's highest officials), and into the maze of his own past, where he will find the wrenching truth that finally matters to Oleg, and to himself.
Phantom (2012) is the ninth book in the incredible Harry Hole thriller series set in Oslo. Phantom is translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.
About the author and translator: Jo Nesbø is a musician, songwriter, economist and prize-winning author. His first crime novel featuring Harry Hole was published in Norway in 1997 and was an instant hit, winning the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel (an accolade shared with Peter Høeg, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson). His bestselling Harry Hole series has been a huge success in the UK and across the world.
Don Bartlett lives in Norfolk and works as a freelance translator of Scandinavian literature. He has translated, or co-translated, Norwegian novels by Lars Saabye Christensen, Roy Jacobsen, Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs, Kjell Ola Dahl, Gunnar Staalesen and Pernille Rygg.
Rating: 5/5
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