• The Redbreast, Jo Nesbø’s first Harry Hole novel to be published in the U.S., was a December 2007 #1 BookSense pick and received rave reviews in major American media outlets.

• Nesbø is a highly acclaimed crime writer who has received overwhelming recognition for his talent both in Norway and abroad. He is the winner, among many other prizes, of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel—the most prestigious crime-writing award in Northern Europe.

• Rights to The Devil’s Star have been sold to 11 countries.

• Harper paperbacks will publish the trade paperback edition of Nemesis in October 2009.

Oslo is already sweltering in the summer heat when a young woman is murdered in her flat. One finger has been cut off, and a tiny red diamond in the shape of a pentagram—a five-pointed star—is found under her eyelid. Detective Harry Hole is assigned the case with Tom Waaler, a colleague he neither likes nor trusts. He believes Tom is behind a gang of arms smugglers—and the murder of his partner. But Harry, an off-the-rails alcoholic, is barely holding on to his job, and has little choice but to play nice.

Five days later, another woman is reported missing. When her severed finger is found adorned with a star-shaped red diamond ring, Harry fears a serial killer is on the loose. His only clue to unmasking the monster is a riddle of fives: five points to the diamond star, five fingers on the hand, and five days betweeen killings. Determined to find the killer and expose the crooked Tom Waaler, Harry discovers the two investigations melding in unexpected ways. But pursuing the truth comes at a price, and soon Harry finds himself on the run and forced to make difficult decisions about a future he may not live to see.