Jo Nesbo | The Bat
The Bat is the first novel in Jo Nesbø's internationally bestselling Harry Hole series, introducing the brilliant but troubled Norwegian detective. Harry is sent to Sydney after a young Norwegian woman travelling in Australia is murdered. His role is supposed to be limited to assisting the local police, but when the investigation uncovers links to a series of unsolved murders and disappearances, staying on the sidelines is no longer an option.
As Harry is drawn deeper into the case, the investigation becomes a hunt for a serial killer – and the detective himself may become the next victim. Dark, atmospheric and psychologically charged, The Bat introduces the flaws, obsessions and relentless determination that would make Harry Hole one of modern crime fiction's most distinctive detectives. Originally published in Norway as Flaggermusmannen in 1997, the novel was translated into English by Don Bartlett.
- • Publisher: Vintage / Penguin Random House
• Language: English
• Cover: Soft (Paperback)
• Number of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 197 × 129 × 29 mm
• Weight: 302 g
• Original title: Flaggermusmannen
• Original release: Norway, 1997.
• First British edition in English: Harvill Secker, 2012.
• Genre: Crime Novel, Scandinavian Noir, Detective Thriller
• Place of action: Sydney, Australia






