A fantastically gripping thriller from the best-selling author of The SnowmanChristmas shoppers stop to hear a Salvation Army concert on a crowded Oslo street A gunshot cuts through the music and the bitter cold one of the singers falls dead shot in the head at point-blank range Harry Holemdashthe Oslo Police Departmentrsquos best investigator and worst civil servantmdashhas little to work with no suspect no weapon and no motive But Harryrsquos troubles will multiply As the search closes in the killer becomes increasingly desperate and Harryrsquos chase takes him to the most forbidden corners of the former Yugoslavia Yet itrsquos when he returns to Oslo that he encounters true darkness among the homeless junkies and Salvationists eagerly awaiting a savior to deliver them from miserymdashwhether he brings new life or immediate death With its shrewdly vertiginous narrative acid-etched characters and white-hot pace The Redeemer is resounding proof of Jo Nesboslashrsquos standing as one of the best crime writers of our timeFrom the Hardcover edition.
