'Jo Nesbo writes tightly plotted, claustrophobic thrillers with plenty of snow and a brutal yet hopelessly romantic policeman hero with the wonderful name of Harry Hole... they’re also exuberantly, ingeniously gruesome’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Like a Scandinavian police version of the Jason Bourne series... a compulsive20page turner... Nesbo leads us into the murky back-streets of Oslo and a world of drug addiction and smuggling, gang warfare and corrupt officialdom – all of which social context is handled with real skill by the author.’ Independent on Sunday
‘Nesbo wrings out the tension, by turns painful and delicious,with consummate skill’ Sunday Express
‘Nesbo’s extraordinary writing power still mesmerises’ The Times
‘Phantom will maintain Jo Nesbo’s unstoppable momentum’ The Independent
‘A brilliant and incredibly fast-paced race through the violin-ravaged of Oslo to uncover who is at the centre of a drugs rung... ex-alcoholic Hole is dealing with more demons than 24’s Jack Bauer ... Sceptics may argue that crime fiction is too sensationalist and that endings are tied up too neatly but Phantom proves them all wrong. Once you’ve read the conclusion you’ll agree that Nesbo’s writing is far from predictable’ Stylist
