.[Nesbø is] the reigning king of Scandinavian crime fiction . . . [The Thirst is] a big-boned, Technicolor epic . . . starting adagio and ending accelerando, but with the kind of close psychological character readings that distinguished his early work.. .Barry Forshaw, The Guardian (London)
.Jo Nesbø certainly has the magic touch when it comes to psycho serial killers. . . . Intricate plotting keeps the story shifting under our feet. Nesbø is a master at this narrative sleight of hand, and if you can stand the gory details and hang on during the switchback turns, the payoff is its own reward.. .Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
.It all starts with a Tinder date in a bar appropriately called Jealousy and ends with death on an ice-covered fjord. In between, The Thirst is filled with horrific murder scenes intensely detailed enough to chill the blood in your veins. . . . You.ll want to sink your teeth into The Thirst and not let go.. .Jonathan Elderfield, The Washington Post
.Fast moving . . . stunning.. .Joan Smith, The Times (London)
.Exceptional . . . Nesbo depicts a heartbreakingly conflicted Harry, who both wants to forget the horrors he.s trying to prevent and knows he has to remember them in all their grim detail.. .Publishers Weekly