Nesbo, Jo

Jo Nesbø (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈju ˈnɛsbø]; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian author and musician. As of March 2014 more than 3 million copies of his novels have been sold in Norway, and his work has been translated into over 40 languages, selling 23 million copies. Nesbø is primarily known for his crime novels about Inspector Harry Hole, but he is also the main vocalist and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. In 2007 Nesbø also released his first children's book, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver (English translation: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder). The 2011 film Headhunters is based on Nesbø's novel Hodejegerne (The Headhunters). Nesbø was born in 1960 and grew up in Molde. He graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in Economics and Business Administration. Nesbø worked as a freelance journalist and a stockbroker before he began his writing career.

The Harry Hole series follows Harry Hole, a tough detective working for Crime Squad and later with the National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) who struggles with alcoholism and works on solving crimes in authentic locations in Oslo and elsewhere, from Australia to the Congo Republic. Hole takes on seemingly-unconnected cases, sometimes found to involve serial killers, bank robbers, gangsters or the establishment, but also spends a significant amount of time battling nightmares and his own demons.^[2][3] The Harry Hole novels are multi-layered, violent and often feature women in peril, as typified by The Snowman.^[4]

The Doctor Proctor series follows the story of Doctor Proctor, a crazy professor waiting for his big break, his next-door neighbor Lise and her peculiar friend Nilly. The ruthless twins Truls and Trym Thrane sometimes lurk in the background. This series is reminiscent of Roald Dahl's books. It deals with "the importance of being who you are and the ability of human creativity and imagination to give you the courage to do so."

My Opinion: I am a huge fan of Nesbo and have read a number of his Harry Hole books. I strongly recommend him.

The Harry Hole novels

• Flaggermusmannen (1997) (English: The Bat, 2012) X

• Kakerlakkene (1998) (English: Cockroaches, 2013)

• Rødstrupe (2000) (English: The Redbreast, 2006)

• Sorgenfri (2002) (English: Nemesis, 2008)

• Marekors (2003) (English: The Devil's Star, 2005) Hold 4/20

• Frelseren (2005) (English: The Redeemer, 2009) X

• Snømannen (2007) (English: The Snowman, 2010) x

• Panserhjerte (2009) (English: The Leopard, 2011) x

• Gjenferd (2011) (English: Phantom, 2012) X

• Politi (2013) (English: Police, 2013) X

  • Tørst (2017) (English: The Thirst, 2017)

  • Kniv (2019) (English: Knife, 2019)

The Doctor Proctor novels

• Doktor Proktors prompepulver (2007) (English: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder)

• Doktor Proktors tidsbadekaret (2008) (English: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: Bubble in the Bathtub)

• Doktor Proktor og verdens undergang. Kanskje (2010) (English: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: Who Cut the Cheese? also known as Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The End of the World. Maybe)

• Doktor Proktor og det store gullrøveriet (2012) (English: Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder: The Great Gold Robbery)

For more information about this author, go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Nesb%C3%B8