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Table of ContentsCoverCopyrightAbout the AuthorAlso by Jo NesbøDedicationThis eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred,distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specificallypermitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which itwas purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution oruse of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and thoseresponsible may be liable in law accordingly.Epub ISBN: 9781409089650Version 1.0www.randomhouse.co.ukPublished by HARVILL SECKER 20102 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1Copyright © Jo Nesbø 2007English translation copyright © Don Bartlett 2010Jo Nesbø has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identifiedas the author of this workThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent,resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form ofbinding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition includingthis condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser
First published with the title Snømannen in 2007by H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), OsloFirst published in Great Britain in 2010 byHARVILL SECKERRandom House20 Vauxhall Bridge RoadLondon SW1V 2SAwww.rbooks.co.ukAddresses for companies within The Random House Group Limited can be found at:www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices.htmThe Random House Group Limited Reg. No. 954009A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryISBN 9781846553486 (hardback)ISBN 9781846551406 (trade paperback)This translation has been published with the financial support of NORLAThe Random House Group Limited supports The Forest StewardshipCouncil (FSC), the leading international forest certification organisation. All our titles that areprinted on Greenpeace approved FSC certified paper carry the FSC logo. Our paper procurementpolicy can be found atwww.rbooks.co.uk/environmentTypeset in Minion by Palimpsest Book Production Limited,Grangemouth, StirlingshirePrinted and bound in Great Britain byCPI Mackays, Chatham ME5 8TDAbout the AuthorJo Nesbø is a musician, songwriter, economist and author. His first crime novel featuring HarryHole was published in Norway in 1997 and was an instant hit, winning the Glass Key Award forbest Nordic crime novel (an accolade shared with Peter Høeg, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson).The Snowman is the fifth of Nesbø’s novels to be translated into English.
Page 4 and 5: Don Bartlett lives in Norfolk and w
Page 6 and 7: ‘Don’t go, darling,’ she said
Page 8 and 9: passenger seat. She turned to him.
Page 10 and 11: ‘But we do, don’t we! Our socie
Page 12 and 13: ‘Covered by the building’s insu
Page 14 and 15: advance?’‘It gives the whole pl
Page 16 and 17: hit the ground. He went into his re
Page 18 and 19: wasn’t quite as slim as in the ph
Page 20 and 21: the glowing skin he could feel agai
Page 22 and 23: weekend. Which meant that Magnus ha
Page 24 and 25: hands and drank. He had always thou
Page 26 and 27: ‘The boy rang the bell at about a
Page 28 and 29: ‘Why not?’Jonas’s whisper was
Page 30 and 31: living room seemed enormous, perhap
Page 32 and 33: ‘Mm. So you think the question wa
Page 34 and 35: It had been a tough time, but he ha
Page 36 and 37: Until I tell you anything different
Page 38 and 39: Rafto didn’t answer. His brain ha
Page 40 and 41: Bratt’s office was open and the l
Page 42 and 43: ‘I don’t know what you’re ima
Page 44 and 45: good. The material was soft and aut
Page 46 and 47: Harry walked to the front door and
Page 48 and 49: ‘Fine, but our responsibility is
Page 50 and 51: ‘The Murri was the nickname of a
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the snow and conceal her. She knew
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aimed blows and she would be free.
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‘Slipknot rules,’ Oleg said.
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The jukebox at Teddy’s was playin
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‘Yes, of course,’ Harry lied, r
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‘Yup.’‘Eh?’ Skarre said.‘
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The tracks led to a stream whose gu
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‘Mm.’ Harry had a vague sense t
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Pentagon paint the blackest scenari
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Skarre mumbled a grudging ‘someth
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or mittens, if he wore them. But we
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The man behind the desk raised his
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Harry found the coffee room where J
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‘Wait,’ Harry said, lifting the
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‘I’m Sylvia’s sister. We’re
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relevant information.‘You’ll ge
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‘Sylvia was given a short conditi
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Harry shuddered at the thought. But
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‘He owned a taxi company, had thr
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‘Right where we are now,’ Idar
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There were no footprints leading ba
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Børre looked. The photo must have
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‘No!’ Børre shouted, feeling t
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‘You’re smiling.’‘Am I? Mus
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‘Oh?’She waved a DVD box. ‘It
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‘Really?’‘I had the Meteorolo
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attention was caught by the leader
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‘Happen to be?’‘There are aro
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‘We won’t hold you up for long,
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‘On the syndrome your father has,
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He went in and found Rakel on her k
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‘Nothing special as far as the wr
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‘Iron Rafto?’ Peter Flesch laug
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‘What about a tip for me? Have yo
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‘I thought she wasn’t talking t
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I don’t think that would ever hav
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song of pain of a woman giving birt
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‘You may well be right of course,
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Bygdøy on the street behind him. H
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The canteen door burst open. It was
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‘Which flat?’ he asked, leaning
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‘But he has made a guess?’‘So
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Yes, thought Eli. It is about time.
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She studied him suspiciously. ‘No
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‘Maybe. What about you?’Harry h
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letting them know he was working aw
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The same ones that the individual i
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was at work. She leaned over to the
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security firms whether they’ve go
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‘I beg your pardon?’ Harry said
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Tresko had once explained that the
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‘Isn’t that how they do it?’
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‘Who the hell’s Phil Spector?
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had that same feeling he had when h
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‘Could this be the person who is
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Their backup was in position.Harry
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‘Where’s Jonas?’ Harry asked.
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‘Aha, you’re the good cop. And
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removal gave up in the end.Erik Los
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either. Christ, he couldn’t even
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‘You know I can’t be absolutely
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reached the street door when a soun
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Harry had driven to the top of the
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confess that she felt a certain att
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‘Yes, Støp does get a lot of fan
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Oda looked at her watch and knew th
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Harry’s head shot up like a watch
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‘Perfect? So Jonas was in the ban
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Harry noticed that Tresko’s voice
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‘I doubt it,’ Mathias said. ‘
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Gerda furrowed her brow. ‘But bef
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Harry twisted the key in the igniti
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‘Who?’ she asked and moved towa
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‘You’re as crazy as I am,’ sh
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Onto the large stage, wreathed in s
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She raised the champagne glass to h
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The cone of light swept over the wo
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‘Put this on,’ she said in a ne
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‘Thank you,’ Harry said. ‘And
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Odin Nakken heaved a sigh of resign
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metre-high glass door.Harry pressed
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‘What are you doing?’Harry shoo
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had come out. Enough to give you a
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ARVE STØP SAW B IRTE B ECKER FOR T
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dick.And then there she stood. He f
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‘And you won’t find either here
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‘We didn’t get that far before
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It was ten o’clock and from his o
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‘That’s what you ask when you
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‘What?’‘What makes a person l
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hasn’t turned up by this evening
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the threat that followed. ‘If you
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deceived you?’Harry was wondering
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Once Harry had checked in and was s
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‘Eh, Gunnar?’ repeated the Chie
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Harry shook his head and gave a wea
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over the driest of deserts you demo
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‘No, indeed,’ Harry said, feeli
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‘We just wanted to have another l
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They emerged into open terrain. A y
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‘The credibility of Oslo Police.
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dropped, but inside the police forc
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‘They’re under there,’ Robøl
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‘Probably a return from one of th
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Mathias listened to his own breathl
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‘Who do you know here then?’‘
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it.’‘All I want,’ he said, ge
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‘Then I would cosy up to the dete
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pointed nose and the pursed carp mo
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blood, his feet propelling him forw
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Then it was Sylvia’s turn. He ran
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Harry cursed inside. Why hadn’t h
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uniformed men while their father li
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‘Yes,’ Harry said, running a fi
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tunnel by Nydalen. On the verge of
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My God, it must be from the bathroo
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‘Yes,’ Harry said, catching sig
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let his eyes get accustomed to the
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thin layer of snow there was tarmac
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lunged in the dark, caught it and h
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‘Thank God.’She sobbed once, bu
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Norwegian ski heroes, Norwegian fla
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seemed to move slower and the room
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‘He was all wild-eyed and asked i
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The silence filled the room.‘Did
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Harry filled his lungs with the sha
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