The Kingdom

Author Jo Nesbo
Narrator Sean Barrett
Publisher Random House
Publish Date 17 September 2020
Run Time 17 hours and 46 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Family life fiction, Fiction in translation, Thriller / suspense fiction.

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*A STUNNING NEW STANDALONE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING HARRY HOLE SERIES*

In the far north of Norway a man lives a peaceful existence. However one day his younger brother, always the more successful and charming of the two, turns up to visit, accompanied by his new wife. It soon turns out that the little brother is not quite as angelic as he seems.

Set in a small town filled with secrets, this compellingly dark new thriller from the Sunday Times number one bestseller has a plot as explosive and multi-layered as any of the Harry Hole novels.

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 45 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*

© Jo Nesbo 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

I read THE KINGDOM and couldn't put it down...suspenseful...original...this one is special in every way.

Stephen King

Jo Nesbo remains the king of Scandicrime.

Financial Times

Superbly written and magnificently chilling

Sunday Mirror

This being Nesbo there is plenty of deception, death and partial decapitation to come. No Harry Hole this time, but still a sombre delight. There are shades of a Nordic Ripley, or maybe Virginia Andrews on aquavit. Choose your poison

The Times

The Kingdom is a stunning novel from a storyteller with few equals

UK Press Syndication

Brilliantly chilling

Best

The pace is uncharacteristically gentle, which is well-handled by Nesbo. But it all ends up as enjoyably over the top as ever

Sunday Express

This standalone promises to be another disturbing thriller as only Nesbu00f8 can write them.

Amazon Book Review *12 must-read mysteries and thrillers coming this fall*

The latest stand-alone from the chronicler of Inspector Harry Hole puts all the murky, violent twists on brotherly love that you'd expect from this leading exponent of Nordic noir...The illusions of a family and its close-knit town constructed and demolished on a truly epic scale.

Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review), US

With echoes of such classic noir authors as Dorothy B. Hughes, James M. Cain, and Jim Thompson...Nesbo brilliantly uses the insularity of Roy's world, both internally and externally, to accentuate the Shakespearean inevitability of the impending tragedy.

Booklist, Starred Review

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