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Phantom (2011)

by Jo Nesbø

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Series: Harry Hole (9)

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Determined to prove the innocence of a young man he helped raise, disgraced former cop Harry Hole embarks on an increasingly dangerous investigation linked to Oslo's most virulent street drug.
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Best of the Harry Hole books I've read yet. ( )
  TeresaBlock | Feb 14, 2023 |
I needed a change in tempo and Joe Nesbo’s Phantom (Harvill Secker) leapt at me from the shelf of the local library. I’d read a couple of Harry Hole books before and couldn’t tell you what they were about for love or money but had a recollection of enjoying the ride. In Phantom, Harry is dragged out of retirement in Hong Kong to return to Norway and try and prove the innocence of his one true love’s son. No-one is pleased to have Harry back, including the Oslo Police, but this time it’s personal, so he flies solo to try and solve the case which is wrapped up in the drugs world. He’s not a giggle a minute character to spend the time with but he does give you a ride along the way, though it’s possibly more accurate to describe it as miserable rather than enjoyable. ( )
  davidroche | Jun 30, 2022 |
My favorite of the entire series!

It's so poignant. Despite being essentially a murder mystery, Phantom creates havoc with the reader's emotions, especially if they've been following Harry for some time. Oleg's grown up and the way he's turned out is no surprise given all that he's seen and faced.

While I had Cato pinned as Mr. Dubai the minute he entered the story, the journey through the book was hauntingly beautiful. And the end, oh the end was gut-twisting, superb! ( )
  Chandna_Agarwal | Apr 8, 2022 |
This sucker is bleak, man, even by the standards of Nordic crime. And completely riveting. Doesn't quite match the series' high point, the Snowman, but it is damn good. And what a cliffhanger at the end... ( )
  usuallee | Oct 7, 2021 |
Difficult to follow with unclear ending. ( )
  fwbl | Aug 30, 2021 |
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There are some readers who will feel such prose itself amounts to a petty crime. But even many of them will be helpless in the face of Nesbo's brilliant, breakneck plotting, which sends Hole back and forth across Oslo, unraveling an intricate series of clues about the city's drug trade and its police force, which is as corrupt as ever.
 
Three years have gone by since Harry Hole limped out of Oslo in a blur of drugs and booze. Now the ex-cop is back in town, clean and sober, and he’s on a mission. It seems that Oleg, the good kid of past Hole novels, has been nailed for a drug murder. Hole needs to clear the kid.

In the Oleg story, Nesbo expands even his generous concept of tangled narratives, and though it’s a matter of personal taste, the process of expansion seems to have produced more credible entertainment than the last couple of Hole books have presented.
added by VivienneR | editThe Toronto Star, Jack Batten (Jun 2, 2012)
 
Jo Nesbø viser i «Gjenferd» hvilken virtuos forteller han er innen en sjanger som det nærmest er gått inflasjon i. Når man lukker boka etter drøye 450 sider har man lest noe som enkelt sagt kan ligne på en gresk tragedie i triviallitterær forkledning.
added by annek49 | editDagsavisen, Turid Larsen (Jun 9, 2011)
 
Harry Hole har sin niende inkarnasjon vært edru i tre år, han er i bedre fysisk form enn på lenge, mens psyken er der den alltid har vært og litt til; gråslitt, selvoppgitt og ridd av melancholiaens Hole spesial. Men; har du først kjøpt og slukt Harry Hole med hud og hår, er det akkurat så sliten han må være nå etter all julingen han har fått siden «Flaggermusmannen» i 1997.
added by annek49 | editNRK, Leif Ekle (Jun 9, 2011)
 
«Gjenferd» er en kriminalroman som innfrir på alle nivåer. Den er skrevet med engasjement, av en forfatter som tror på sin egen fortelling. Og som behersker to ting bedre enn noen andre samtidskrimforfattere jeg kan komme på. Det første er å bygge opp ytre spenning.
Det andre er å villede leseren når det kommer til det evige spørsmålet om hvem som har gjort det. Du kan prøve, men du har ikke en sjanse
 

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The squeals were calling her.
Skriken kallade på henne.
Amid the noises of the night in downtown Oslo--the regular drone of cars outside the window, the distant siren that rose and fell and the church bells that had begun to chime nearby--a rat went on the hunt for food.
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