Jo Nesbo
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Roger Brown has it all. He's the country's most successful headhunter. He has a beautiful wife and a magnificent house. And to maintain this lifestyle, he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve and Roger sees his chance to be rich beyond his wildest dreams.
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Blood on snow volume 1
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Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally - it's hard to get close to anyone. Now he's finally met the women of his dreams. But there are two problems: she's his boss's wife and Olav has just been hired to kill her.
4) Macbeth
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Pub. Date
2018
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He?s the best cop they?ve got. When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it?s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess. He?s also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past. He?s rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They?re all within reach. But a man like him won?t get to the top. Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He?s convinced he won?t get what is rightfully his. Unless he kills for it.
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Harry Hole volume 5
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The first snowfall in Oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and Harry Hole is pitted against a brutal killer who will drive him to the edge.
8) The Bat
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Harry Hole volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
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Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth.
11) The Jealousy Man
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Meet a Greek detective who has become an expert on jealousy thanks to some hard-earned lessons from his private life. Far away, in another country, a taxi driver finds his wife?s earring in a car belonging to his boss and sets out to discover how it ended up there. High in the skies above, a woman is on board a plane heading to London, about to end her own life in the wake of her husband?s affair with her best friend. But who is the man sitting next...
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Simon & Schuster Children's
Pub. Date
2014
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Everyone is hooked on the hottest singing competition on TV, The NoroVision Choral Throwdown! Everyone, that is, except for Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa, who are far too busy having fun to watch TV. But when people start acting oddly, the three friends begin to suspect that there's more to the show than meets the eye.
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Simon & Schuster Children's
Pub. Date
2014
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Doctor Proctor is an ageing inventor just waiting for his big break. When he teams up with Lisa and her peculiar friend Nilly in making the world's most powerful fart powder, it seems his dream may be coming true. But the ruthless twins Truls and Trym Thrane are lurking in the background just waiting to spoil their plans.
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Simon & Schuster Children's
Pub. Date
2014
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The fart powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor couldn't stop there. Next up: a time-travel bath bomb. Throw the bath bomb in the tub, lather up and imagine where you'd like to visit. The battle of Waterloo? No problem. The French Revolution? Let's go!
20) The leopard
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Vintage
Pub. Date
2011
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Two young women have been found dead. The medical reports reveal that they both had twenty-four stab wounds in their mouths, and that they drowned in their own blood. With traces of the same sedative in the victims bloodstreams, pressure is mounting on the police to put the killer behind bars. Originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2010