Bargain @ $4.99 CAD for 3-book omnibus today only (Dec 23rd) @ Kobo Canada as the part of their holiday week deals (non-couponable from Random House's Vintage Canada imprint, matched at only some of the other Canadian stores):
Harry Hole Mysteries 3-Book Bundle: The Snowman, The Leopard, Phantom by award-winning Norwegian author Jo Nesbø (
SYKM,
Wikipedia), comprising #7-9 in his popular Harry Hole series. #1 & #10 are still on sale from some HarperCollins imprint for $3.99 CAD each.
These come after the completion of a particular story-arc and start a new one which begins a series of character development changes, and are IMHO a decent jumping-on point for getting into the series. I'll warn you that these are also on the somewhat graphically gory side for Nordic noir crime thrillers, though not particularly tending towards the extreme.
With more than seven million copies sold worldwide, and translated into over forty languages, Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series is an international phenomenon. Detective Harry Hole is a genuine anti-hero: a handsome loner, an alcoholic and workaholic who is tormented in his personal life even as he is revered by his colleagues for his unwavering sense of justice and proven police instincts. Harry’s self-governing, anti-authoritarian style has driven his superior officer at the crime squad in Oslo to call him “the best investigator in the department and the worst public servant.” First-class thrillers with high voltage suspense and complex plotting, The Snowman, The Leopard and Phantom are fascinating journeys into the world of this singular character and the dark criminal minds he pursues to the very limits of his sanity, in Oslo and beyond.