Headhunters

Jo Nesbų

Thorndike Press, Feb 15, 2012 - Fiction - 389 pages

A fantastic standalone thriller from the #1 bestselling author Jo Nesbo.
Roger Brown has it all: Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Not only is Greve the perfect candidate for a position that Brown is recruiting for; he is also in possession of The Calydonian Boar Hunt by Rubens, one of the most sought-after paintings in modern art history. Roger sees his chance to become financially independent, and starts planning his biggest theft ever. But soon, he runs into trouble--and it's not financial problems that are threatening to knock him over this time...

What people are saying

Review: Headhunters

User Review  - Tim Chaplin - Goodreads

This is not a Harry Hole story but its a real page turner. There are lots of twists and turns and its difficult to review a book like this without spoilers. Roger Brown is a successful Headhunter by ...

Review: Headhunters

User Review  - Tim Nokken - Goodreads

Took me a bit to get past the fact that this isn't a part of the Harry Hole series. As I continued to read and found many of the same characteristics of the Harry Hole books -- plot twists, the seedy ...

About the author

Jo Nesbų was born on March 29, 1960, in Oslo, Norway. He graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration with a degree in Economics. He was a musician and stockbroker before deciding to become a writer. Nesbų is best known for his crime novel series about Detective Harry Hole. Included among the books in this series are; The Snowman, The Leopard and Phantom. His work has been translated into over 40 languages.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Headhunters; Thorndike Press large print thriller
• Author: Jo Nesbų
• Translated by: Don Bartlett
• Edition: large print
• Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1410445615, 9781410445612
• Length: 389 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Crime; Fiction / Thrillers / General