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Midnight Sun

A novel

A novel

By Jo Nesbo
Translated by Neil Smith

By Jo Nesbo
Translated by Neil Smith

By Jo Nesbo
Translated by Neil Smith

By Jo Nesbo
Translated by Neil Smith

By Jo Nesbo
Read by Kim Gordon
Translated by Neil Smith

By Jo Nesbo
Read by Kim Gordon
Translated by Neil Smith

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Paperback $17.00

Jan 24, 2017 | ISBN 9780804172578

Ebook $9.99

Feb 16, 2016 | ISBN 9780804172585

Audiobook Download $17.50

Feb 16, 2016 | 355 Minutes

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    About Midnight Sun

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches, a “forcefully written story of personal defeat, despair, and salvation” (The New York Times Book Review) about a man with one small problem—his former boss, Oslo’s most notorious drug kingpin, wants him dead.

    “A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace.” —Los Angeles Times

    Ulf was once the kingpin’s fixer, but after betraying him, Ulf is now the one his former boss wants fixed. Hiding out at the end of the line in northern Norway, Ulf lives among the locals. A mother and son befriend him, and their companionship stirs something deep in him that he thought was long dead. As he awaits the inevitable arrival of his murderous pursuers, he questions if redemption is at all possible or if, as he’s always believed, “hope is a real bastard.”

    Don’t miss Jo Nesbo’s new thriller, Killing Moon, coming soon!

    About Midnight Sun

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches, a “forcefully written story of personal defeat, despair, and salvation” (The New York Times Book Review) about a man with one small problem—his former boss, Oslo’s most notorious drug kingpin, wants him dead.

    “A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace.” —Los Angeles Times

    Ulf was once the kingpin’s fixer, but after betraying him, Ulf is now the one his former boss wants fixed. Hiding out at the end of the line in northern Norway, Ulf lives among the locals. A mother and son befriend him, and their companionship stirs something deep in him that he thought was long dead. As he awaits the inevitable arrival of his murderous pursuers, he questions if redemption is at all possible or if, as he’s always believed, “hope is a real bastard.”

    Don’t miss Jo Nesbo’s new thriller, Killing Moon, coming soon!

    About Midnight Sun

    The internationally acclaimed author of Blood on Snow and the Harry Hole novels now gives us the tightly wound tale of a man running from retribution, a renegade hitman who goes to ground far above the Arctic circle, where the never-setting sun might slowly drive a man insane.
               
    He calls himself Ulf—as good a name as any, he thinks—and the only thing he’s looking for is a place where he won’t be found by Oslo’s most notorious drug lord: the Fisherman. He was once the Fisherman’s fixer, but after betraying him, Ulf is now the one his former boss needs fixed—which may not be a problem for a man whose criminal reach is boundless. When Ulf gets off the bus in Kåsund, on Norway’s far northeastern border, he sees a “flat, monotonous, bleak landscape . . . the perfect hiding place. Hopefully.”
               
    The locals—native Sami and followers of a particularly harsh Swedish version of Christianity—seem to accept Ulf’s explanation that he’s come to hunt, even if he has no gun and the season has yet to start. And a bereaved, taciturn woman and her curious, talkative young son supply him with food, the use of a cabin deep in the woods, a weapon—and companionship that stirs something in him he thought was long dead.
               
    But the agonizing wait for the inevitable moment when the Fisherman’s henchmen will show—the midnight sun hanging in the sky like an unblinking, all-revealing eye—forces him to question if redemption is at all possible or if, as he’s always believed, “hope is a real bastard.”

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    About Jo Nesbo

    JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, economist, and #1 New York Times best-selling author. He has won the Raymond Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as many other awards. His books have sold 55 million copies worldwide and have… More about Jo Nesbo

    About Jo Nesbo

    JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, economist, and #1 New York Times best-selling author. He has won the Raymond Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as many other awards. His books have sold 55 million copies worldwide and have… More about Jo Nesbo

    About Jo Nesbo

    JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, economist, and #1 New York Times best-selling author. He has won the Raymond Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as many other awards. His books have sold 55 million copies worldwide and have… More about Jo Nesbo

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jan 24, 2017 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780804172578

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Feb 16, 2016 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780804172585

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 16, 2016 | 355 Minutes | ISBN 9780553546002

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    Praise

    “This forcefully written story of personal defeat, despair, and salvation sends a man off to lose himself in the wilderness—where he finds himself instead.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “Readers who like their crime fiction cut-to-the-bone lean will love the opening pages of Jo Nesbø’s new, swift-moving existential thriller…. A compelling exploration of love, faith, the meaning of life and redemption.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch

    “A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace. Nesbø is a talented storyteller and his narrative intuition is on full display.” —Los Angeles Times

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