Bruce -
Helpful Score: 2
I didn't know The Bat had been tranlated into English until I saw it sitting on the library self. Having read books 2 & 3 in the Harry Hole series, I eagerly snatched it up. While not as smooth as the subsequent novels, The Bat was a very good first effort and did nothing to change my view that Nesbo is one of the finest crime fiction writers in the business today. In The Bat, the Aboriginal symbal for death, Nesbo flies Down Under as Norway's rep to help solve the murder of a young Norwegian girl working in Australia. There are plenty of plot twists though I think Nesbo made the story a little more complicated than necessary. Still a worthy effort.
