Jo Nesbo

Summaries of books by Jo Nesbo.

The Bat

Jo Nesbo · 1997

Oslo detective Harry Hole aids Sydney police after a young Norwegian woman is murdered and finds a wider pattern. Grief, drink, and a lost partner shape the…

2,766-word summary · 12 min read

The Redbreast

Jo Nesbo · 2000

Harry Hole chases an ageing sniper through modern Oslo while two Norwegian volunteers on the Eastern Front carry a fifty-year-old betrayal toward a royal…

2,453-word summary · 11 min read

The Snowman

Jo Nesbo · 2007

After the first snow, a mother vanishes and Harry Hole links her pink scarf to eleven missing women.

2,750-word summary · 12 min read

Wolf Hour

Jo Nesbo · 2025

In Minneapolis, suspended detective Bob Oz hunts sniper Tomas Gomez in 2016 while a Norwegian writer revisits the case in 2022 with secrets.

2,202-word summary · 10 min read