The Bat

The Bat is the legendary first book in Jo Nesbo's bestselling Harry Hole series, never before published in English. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist with the investigation in any way he can. He's also been instructed to keep out of trouble, but when the team unearths a series of unsolved rape and murder cases - the victims usually young blondes - nothing will stop him from finding out the truth. The pattern of the crimes seems impossible to crack, but then a circus performer is brutally murdered, followed by yet another young woman, and Harry must race against time to stop a killer bent on total destruction.