The son of a rogue cop ends up in prison, strung out on heroin supplied through a mysterious source; but when he figures out his dad might have been framed, the machinery of revenge (beginning with a prison breakout) begins to run in Jo Nesbo's superior crime novel The Son.
For those in a post-Dragon Tattoo malaise, I can't recommend anyone more than Jo Nesbo. His Harry Hole novels, about a flawed police detective in Oslo, are all top-flight thrillers accessible to audiences foreign and domestic.
This is a stand-alone story but the equal of his other work, told at a breakneck pace and featuring nothing but flawed characters, on both sides of the law, throughout.
I got this from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library and read it quickly. Recommended for thriller fans.
For those in a post-Dragon Tattoo malaise, I can't recommend anyone more than Jo Nesbo. His Harry Hole novels, about a flawed police detective in Oslo, are all top-flight thrillers accessible to audiences foreign and domestic.
This is a stand-alone story but the equal of his other work, told at a breakneck pace and featuring nothing but flawed characters, on both sides of the law, throughout.
I got this from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library and read it quickly. Recommended for thriller fans.
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