Our Take
Jo Nesbø has sold over 50 million books worldwide, and Harry Hole is one of crime fiction's most beloved detectives. The 2017 film adaptation of The Snowman was a widely mocked disaster. So when Netflix announced Nesbø himself would write this series, fans had reason to be cautiously optimistic — and by all accounts, that optimism was warranted. If you haven't read The Devil's Star, now is a great time to start. And if you have, you're going to want to see what Nesbø does when he's fully in control of his own story.
About the Book
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed, and behind her eyelid is hidden a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star — the devil's star. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case alongside his long-time adversary Tom Waaler, and wants no part of it. But Harry is already on notice to quit the force, and has little choice but to drag himself out of an alcoholic stupor and get to work. As a wave of similar murders emerges, an unsettling pattern takes shape, and Oslo's newest serial killer is anything but ordinary. Jo Nesbø's The Devil's Star is the fifth novel in the Harry Hole series — and widely considered one of its finest.
