<p><strong>"An elegant and complex thriller. . . . Harrowingly beautiful." --<em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>"Hugely impressive--ambitious in scope, and skilled in execution." --<em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>"Ranks with the best of current American crime fiction."</strong>--<strong><em>Washington Post</em></strong></p><p><strong>Jo Nesbø, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Snowman</em>, has solidified his spot as one of the most exciting Scandinavian thriller writers in the crime fiction business. <em>The Redbreast </em>is the third installment in Nesbø's tough-as-nails series featuring Oslo police detective Harry Hole. </strong></p><p>Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he's been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway's dark past--when members of the nation's government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany. </p><p>More than sixty years later, this black mark won't wash away, and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a hideous conspiracy is rapidly taking shape around Hole--and Norway's darkest hour may still be to come.</p>