Headhunters

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Random House of Canada, Sep 6, 2011 - Fiction - 304 pages
A spectacular standalone thriller about an ambitious art thief and a heist gone wrong, from the #1 bestselling author Jo Nesbo.

Clever, wealthy and married to a beautiful gallery owner, Roger Brown has it all. And when his job as Norway's most successful corporate headhunter gets dull, he can always find the risk he craves with his sideline as a highly accomplished art thief.
     At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Ambitious and talented, Greve's not only the perfect candidate for a top job Brown needs to fill, but also owns a priceless Rubens painting—making him the perfect target for a heist.
    But soon Roger finds out that there's more to Greve than meets the eye, and it's not long before the hunter becomes the hunted . . .

About the author (2011)

JO NESBO is a musician, songwriter, economist and author. His first crime novel featuring Harry Hole was published in Norway in 1997 and was an instant hit, winning the Glass Key Award for best Nordic crime novel, and he has gone to become a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold 50 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 50 languages. His Harry Hole novels include The Snowman, The Leopard, Phantom, The Thirst, Knife and Killing Moon, and his other books include The Son, Macbeth, The Kingdom and The Night House. He is a recipient of the Raymond Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement. He lives in Oslo.

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