The Devil's Star
First edition (Norwegian) | |
| Author | Jo Nesbø |
|---|---|
| Original title | Marekors |
| Translator | Don Bartlett |
| Language | Norwegian, English |
| Series | Harry Hole (#5) |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Aschehoug |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | Norway (some scenes in Czech Republic) |
Published in English | 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 448 (Eng. paperback trans.) |
| Preceded by | Nemesis |
| Followed by | The Redeemer |
The Devil's Star (Norwegian: Marekors, literally "The Nightmare Cross", 2003) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the fifth in the Harry Hole series. An English-translated version of the book named The Devil's Star was translated by Don Bartlett.
The story moves between two parallel themes – the appearance of a new serial killer terrorizing Oslo, and Harry Hole's ongoing feud with the corrupt and utterly ruthless fellow police officer Tom Waaler, which was already a major part of the plot of the two previous books, "The Redbreast" and "Nemesis". Eventually, the two issues converge – enabling Harry to resolve both in the course of a single cataclysmic night.