Kongen av Os Blood Ties

The Kingdom #2

In many ways, the brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os. Carl manages the area’s swanky spa hotel, while Roy runs the petrol station and has made plans for an amusement park complete with a roller coaster. But when it looks like a new highway is to be built next to Os, something has to be done, even if the methods are bound to be dirty. Luckily, the brothers have some experience of just that kind of work.

Meanwhile the sheriff has gotten his hands on new technology that he means can prove the brothers’ involvement in several murders back in time. And the number continues to climb. Like Roy says about the roller coaster: “Once it’s rolling, it’s too late to get off.”

Blood Ties is a grandiose and explosive suspense novel about loyalty, family ties, consuming love, and the fight against powerful forces. It will transport you to a community in crisis and tell the story of two brothers on the verge of losing all that they’ve fought for. Blood Ties is a novel of lost souls and even more dead bodies.

Reviews

“Brothers Roy and Carl Opgard return in bestseller Nesbø’s immersive and disturbing sequel to The Kingdom. /…/ Nesbø brilliantly plunges readers into the psyche of a charming killer, leavening the bloodshed with pop culture references and dashes of the lacerating humor that suffuses his Harry Hole series. The result is a chilling and darkly funny noir that will haunt readers long after the last page.”

Publishers Weekly *Starred Review*, US
“Nesbø offers beautifully written literary suspense in the second novel featuring the Norwegian brothers (after The Kingdom, 2020) drawing readers in deep by playing Roy’s ruthless logic against an onslaught of threats, emotional ties, and competing agendas. Readers will feel this one long after the final words.”

Booklist *Starred Review*, US
“Nesbø’s latest boasts a quirky comic edge /…/ A darkly entertaining thriller.”

Kirkus Reviews, US
“This reader is, as always, impressed by Jo Nesbø’s ability to invent countless plot threads that weave in and out of each other and follow their own logic.”

Berlingske, Denmark
“[Nesbø] impresses once again. /…/ He’s a master when it comes to creating credible intrigue. There is plenty of that in [Blood Ties], and when you think it can’t get any worse, it does. /…/ This is summer reading at a high Nesbø-level, which is suitable both for the beach or wherever you spend your summer.”

★★★★★

Nettavisen, Norway
“The king of crime fiction.”

Dagsavisen, Norway
“A charming and delicate Nesbø.”

★★★★★

Dagbladet, Norway
“Jo Nesbø is a really good storyteller. He masters the genre better than most, portions out the drama in a confident way, serves up hints which drive us on, and sprinkles it all with things he knows a lot about; soccer and rock music.”

Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway