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by Jo Nesbo (Author), Sean Barrett (Narrator)

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Listening Length: 10 hours and 41 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Audible.co.uk Release Date: 28 Nov 2013
Language: English
ASIN: B00GN0Z77W

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Harry is on a special mission.

Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It�s clear that the Ambassador�s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal.

When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary. But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Brilliant! 30 Nov 2013

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"Cockroaches" is the second Harry Hole novel. The action this time moves to Bangkok where Harry is sent to investigate the murder of the Norwegian Ambassador. He finds his investigation hampered by those in authority back in Oslo, but Harry is not one to bow to authority. He may be an alcoholic but Hole is a fine detective.
I really enjoyed this book. As with "The Bat" it gives a great insight into Harry Hole's early days. One need not have read the other books in the series, in fact "Cockroaches" can be read as a stand alone, but it would be a shame to miss out on a great series.
I would recommend "Cockroaches". It is simply brilliant.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not yet fully formed. 29 Dec 2013

By Keith Douglas

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My first Harry Hole novel was `the Redeemer', an odd place to start, but the book was in Sainsbury's, so I bought it on impulse. It was excellent, so I then bought `the Redbreast', the first of the Oslo books, but now the third book overall, as the two books originally only available abroad are now in English too.
So `Cockroaches' is the second book.
Confused yet?
I looked forward to both `the Bat'(the first book) and this second book, and although both are very good, they are not, for me, a patch on the later books, all set in Norway.
In the same way as Morse away from Oxford was never the same, or Wallander out of Ystad, Harry Hole is a product of Oslo, and it is in his native Norway that we get his full character and personality traits that make him such an appealing, if flawed, man.
In Cockroaches he has been once again sent abroad to solve the murder of a Norwegian national, this time the Ambassador. The action this time takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, and the atmosphere is well drawn, giving us the feeling of claustrophobia and suffocation of the overcrowded and polluted Thai capital.
We get hints of Harry's background, and his demons, but as in `the Bat', set in Australia, I felt as if he was far more superficial a character than in the Oslo novels.
If you are coming anew to Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole novels, by all means read them in order, starting with `the Bat', then Cockroaches.
But I would suggest that you would probably find starting at `the Redbreast' just as fulfilling, and you would not miss any information about Harry that you don't find out later.
And once you have read `the Redbreast' you will have to read the rest of the books, they are addictive!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait. 14 Dec 2013

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Another great read ! An early Harry Hole story and not as polished as some of the later ones but one is absorbed and gripped in a few pages. It was hard to put down and over too quickly.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good to see Harry at an earlier stage in his life 4 Dec 2013

By julie fox

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Really enjoyed this one..it was well worth the wait!
Harry battling his personal demons, the drink and his early losses, knowing he will find solace in later years but still able to enjoy his dark nature.

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3.0 out of 5 stars "This is pretty hard to follow, Harry." 1 Jan 2014

By Mary Whipple HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER

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English speakers were first introduced to the work of Norwegian author Jo Nesbo and his damaged main character Harry Hole, in 2006, with the publication of The Redbreast, the third book in the Harry Hole series, a novel so good that it won the award for Best Norwegian Crime Novel Ever Written, as chosen by Norwegian Book Clubs. Now, after eight enormously successful novels in that series, Nesbo's publishers have published the first two novels of the series, The Bat (1997), and Cockroaches (1998), written when Nesbo was a much less accomplished novelist than he has become in the fifteen years that have passed since they were originally written.

In Cockroaches, Detective Harry Hole is chosen by the Norwegian Foreign Office to go to Thailand to investigate the murder of Norway's ambassador to Thailand, who has been found in a brothel with an elaborate old knife in his back. Hole himself is a psychological mess, an alcoholic trying to stay sober, and he has no interest in going to Thailand, even for a short time, to investigate this murder. He suspects he has been chosen because they expect him to fail so the foreign office can close the case without revealing nasty and embarrassing details publicly.

In Bangkok, Harry gets started on the case and quickly discovers that the ambassador was a practitioner of many perversions, including paedophilia and child pornography. The knife used to kill him belonged to the most powerful heroin dealer in history, who now finances most of the new hotels in Burma and manages the opium trade in the north of Thailand. In addition, the ambassador is addicted to gambling and is indebted to loan sharks. Read more ›

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Nesbo nail biter. 21 Mar 2014

By Mrs. Jacqueline A. Keevil

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Intrigue upon intrigue, Harry Hole, can't put him down. On edge all through the book, would advise to read please.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Predictable 4 Mar 2014

By Andrew K.

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Clearly an early novel. Totally predictable, guessed who the murderer was from early on. Characters not as well developed as his other novels-they feel a bit flat

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as later stories of Harry Hole 17 Jan 2014

By Lou

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This book took a long time to get going. In the last third it had more of what you expect from a Harry Hole thriller. Worth a read.

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