On the night when the first snow falls, a young boy wakes up to find his mother missing. In the garden stands a lonely figure: a snowman, bathing in the cold moonlight and staring at the bedroom windows with its black eyes. Around its neck hangs his mother's pink scarf. For the first time in his career, Harry Hole faces a serial killer operating in his territory, a murderer who will drive him to the brink of madness. A brilliant thriller with a pace that never lets up, "The Snowman" confirms Jo Nesbø's position as an international star of crime literature.