8 must-read detective books like The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett

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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)

By: Jo Nesbø , Don Bartlett

4.06

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

1944: Daniel, a soldier, legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the R…

If you liked the detective plot in The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander, #4)

By: Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson

3.95

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

The Man Who Smiled begins with Inspector Kurt Wallander deep in a personal and professional crisis … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
"[...] Alati on lihtsam jälgida nupukalt konstrueeritud valet kui leida ähmast tõde."

-Henning Mankell, The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander, #4)

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2. The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

By: Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson

3.72

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Second in the Kurt Wallander series. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
"one must occasionally stand the world on its head in order to put it on its feet."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

"Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

"He was religious, but had refrained from allowing his religious ideals to be obscured by a god."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

"He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life."

-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

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3. Stalker (Joona Linna, #5)

By: Lars Kepler

4.13

Format: 603 pages, ebook

För nio år sedan dömdes prästen Rocky Kyrklund till rättspsykiatrisk vård för ett brutalt mord. Sjä… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
"God lost me somewhere along the way … and didn’t come back to look for me."

-Lars Kepler, Stalker (Joona Linna, #5)

"How different everything could be in another universe, all the lives we haven’t live."

-Lars Kepler, Stalker (Joona Linna, #5)

"The reputation of the best people in any field goes down to compensate for brilliance."

-Lars Kepler, Stalker (Joona Linna, #5)

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4. The Chinese Nail Murders

By: Robert van Gulik , None

4.15

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A.D. 676 In the fifth installment of Robert Van Gulik's ancient Chinese mystery series based on … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. Eldvittnet (Joona Linna, #3)

By: Lars Kepler

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

I hela varlden tar polisen hjalp av andliga medier vid svara utredningar. De gor det regelbundet tr… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
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6. The Nightmare (Joona Linna, #2)

By: Lars Kepler , None

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Kepler provides a master class in noir."--The Boston Globe A drowned young woman is discovered on … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1) by Henning Mankell, Steven T. Murray

7. Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)

By: Henning Mankell , Steven T. Murray

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
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8. The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen , Lisa Hartford

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroye… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
"But promises based on ignorance always prove disappointing."

-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)

"So, I suppose you just have a sense of where it is. And you don’t have to be precise, is that it?"

-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)

"Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar."

-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)

"She is really really so beautiful there,' said Assad. Carl glanced at him. Apparently a woman's appearance was a particularly valuable factor in his assistant's world-view. But Carl agreed with him."

-Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)

Cover of The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett

9. The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)

By: Jo Nesbø , Don Bartlett

4.06

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

1944: Daniel, a soldier, legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the R… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature

10. The Absent One (Department Q, #2)

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen , K.E. Semmel

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Morck, a deeply flawed, b… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature

11. The Hypnotist (Joona Linna, #1)

By: Lars Kepler , Ann Long

3.56

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Prepare for The Hypnotistto cast its spell In the frigid clime of Tumba, Sweden, a gruesome triple … read more

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12. Kaninjägaren (Joona Linna, #6)

By: Lars Kepler

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joona Linna har suttit tva ar pa den slutna anstalten Kumla nar han fors till ett hemligt mote. Pol… read more

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13. The Devil's Trinity

By: Michael Parker

4.26

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern day thriller pitching the ultimate terror against the United States of America.CIA agent, … read more

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  • fiction
"Are you ready for nuclear Armageddon?"

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"Harry Marsham, who was known as Marsh to his friends, should have died that night."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

14. The Bat: The First Inspector Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbo l Summary & Study Guide

By: BookRags

3.16

Format: 91 pages,

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15. Sun Storm (Rebecka Martinsson, #1)

By: Marlaine Delargy , Åsa Larsson

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

On the floor of a church in northern Sweden, the body of a man lies mutilated and defiled-and in th… read more

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16. The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedström, #1)

By: Camilla Läckberg , Steven T. Murray

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Returning to her hometown of Fjallbacka after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds … read more

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17. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

4.21

Format: 539 pages,

The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson's internationally best-selling trilogy. Lisbeth… read more

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18. Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.25

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

While enjoying his usual Friday night after dinner beer at a local restaurant, Jacques (Jack) Ludef… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Jack? It’s Margeaux."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Ludicrous? Seems like wherever you go, trouble follows you."

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"What is it about being ill and wanting to go home? This time there was no Katy to boat sit, so I left Emma out on the deck where she had access to her Emma cage. I closed up as best I could and decid…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

"Darling,’ she said. ‘Darling, darling, Jack…,’ she repeated. It had an echo chamber quality. I felt dizzy and the room began turning. I grabbed the edge of the table thinking I needed to hold on to s…"

-Behcet Kaya, Treacherous Estate (Jack Ludefance, #1)

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19. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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20. The Sandman (Joona Linna, #4)

By: Lars Kepler

4.25

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

The #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling st… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • scandinavian literature
".... it wasn´t the people who were buried who were being punished, but those left behind."

-Lars Kepler, The Sandman (Joona Linna, #4)

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21. Spindeln (Joona Linna, #9)

By: Lars Kepler

4.10

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

För tre år sedan fick Saga Bauer ett vykort med en hotfull text om en pistol med nio vita kulor - v… read more

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  • scandinavian literature

15 Best fiction books like The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett

Transform Your Habits

The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander, #4)

Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)

Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Stalker (Joona Linna, #5)

Lars Kepler

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Chinese Nail Murders

Robert van Gulik , None

4.15

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Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)

Tom Clancy

4.11

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Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

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The Devil's Trinity

Michael Parker

4.26

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Scavenger Hunt

Chad Boudreaux

4.30

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