The Thirst

By: Jo Nesbo, Neil Smith - translator

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

Brought to you by Penguin.

*DETECTIVE HOLE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES*

There's a new killer on the streets.

A woman is found murdered after an internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer.

And he's out for blood.

Under pressure from the media to solve the crime, the force know there's only one man for the job. But Harry Hole is reluctant to return to the place that almost took everything from him. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case...

'The king of all crime writers' Sunday Express

'Fast-moving...stunning' The Sunday Times

'What distinguishes Jo Nesbo...is his wry sense of humour. He not only provides a super-complex plot with plenty of twists...but also skilfully continues the lives of the all-too-fallible characters we have grown to love and hate' Evening Standard

© Jo Nesbo 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2017

Critic reviews

An extremely gruesome journey to the darker recesses of human nature, this grisly treat will delight Nesbo’s fans

It’s a big-boned, Technicolor epic in the current Nesbo style, starting adagio and ending accelerando, but with the kind of close psychological character readings that distinguished his early work

An epic tale that will delight fans of the bestselling series… There is always a risk that if you resurrect a much-loved series after a long break it will not reach its previous highs. But The Thirst is Nesbo at his glorious best with even the minor characters wonderfully drawn. This tense, nerve-shredding tale is impossible to put down as it hurtles towards a stunning finale. Nesbo is one of the best thriller writers on the planet (Charlotte Heathcote)

Gripping from the get-go, deliciously dark and expertly plotted, this is Nesbo at his brilliant best

Expertly plotted with vividly drawn characters, frenetic police chases and philosophising villains [...] Expect to be thoroughly entertained

Fast-moving...stunning

[The Thirst is] a breath-taking reading experience... Nesbo is the master when it comes to building a long and increasingly steep dramatic curve... The pace in The Thirst is somewhat calmer than in the previous Harry Hole books, more of a waltz than a rock and roll, until we're a bit more than halfway through. But from there on, it's full on action with blood gushing and splattering until the last page is turned

The Thirst like its stablemates is a bulky but zippy 500-pager which never loiters in one place for long. Nesbø keeps you guessing with his usual bag of tricks, making everyone seem a little suspect (or almost everyone). His cynicism about bent coppers and unscrupulous journalists is an inexhaustible and entertaining sideshow...if you liked the other ten, you'll greedily sink your teeth into this

Jo Nesbo is on top form... [The Thirst is] a spell-binding story about brutal crimes and ambitions gone astray

One cannot but rejoice at this reunion with Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole

Dark side of the thirst.

What made the experience of listening to The Thirst the most enjoyable?

There are many twists and turns, as you would expect from a Jo Nesbo novel. they don't always work. In this Novel they do. There is an abundance of psychological investigation which keeps the reader stimulated, whether true or not is neither here nor there. As usual there the obligatory references to music and literature. Haruki Murakami gets a mention which is pleasing as he is also one author I most admire. Pink Floyd are given special treatment. For this alone the novel geserves five stars.

What did you like best about this story?

Everything. I listened in two sittings. It helps when a novel is basically based upon the entire work of British Rock band Pink Floyd.

What does Sean Barrett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is one of the best readers there is available. He is Harry!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

You are going to pay me for the tag line? Someone else can do their job.

Any additional comments?

Just listen. It will be the best Crime tnovel this year. Although the recent Philip kerr addition was very good.

Splendid and exiting

holly cracp!!! í could not stop. this book kept me stuck from the begining until the end. Amasing peas of work.

Great narrator

Narrator is great. Not Nesbo's best work but nice. Twist is a bit predictable. Love the atmosphere.

High quality from start to finish

Both the narration and the story line are of the highest quality- I recommend all thriller lovers to try Jo Nesbo if not done so already

A bit too drawn out, but still a great listen.

I feel the overall story could have been more concise. This would have made it wonderfully thrilling and not just mediocre thrilling. However,Jo Nesbo has done it again and I still recommend this novel.

I had tears in my eyes in parts near the end,caused by knowing the history behind the characters.

Sean Barrett as wonderful as ever.