Roger is married to Diana, a beautiful woman whom he met while both were students in London. Readers new to Nesbø need to pay close attention to the questions Roger asks Lander. Roger Brown is one of Norway’s leading headhunters – someone who finds top-level appointees for companies when openings arise we quickly learn via Roger’s interview of a possible “headhuntee”, Jeremais Lander, that the reasons for his success are due to his adoption of FBI interrogation techniques and the way in which he double-bluffs his clients and his targets to up the commission he receives for his efforts. What a refreshing read! (Thanks in large part, of course, to translator par excellence Don Bartlett, who must have had particular fun with this title for reasons I can’t go into in a spoiler-free review.) But I had no reason for concern: Headhunters is a dazzling, relentlessly paced thriller, combining classic noir elements with Nesbø’s trademark intricate plotting that constantly challenges the reader’s wits and attention span. I was reminded of Doors Open, Ian Rankin’s immediate post-Rebus effort, which I found disappointing. It grips from the outset, though I was concerned after a couple of chapters to realise that the book is about art theft.
Harvill Secker, 2011, first published in Norway 2008Īfter writing several novels in his internationally successful, award-winning series about Oslo police detective Harry Hole, Jo Nesbø has temporarily changed direction and written this “standalone”.
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