The Devil's Star cover art

The Devil's Star

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Devil's Star

By: Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett - translator
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SNOWMAN - OVER 9 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE

THE MARK OF THE DEVIL, THE SIGN OF A KILLER...

A young woman is murdered in her flat and a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star is found behind her eyelid. Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case, alongside his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and initially wants no part in it.

But Harry is already on his final warning and has little alternative but to drag himself out of his alcoholic stupor when it becomes apparent that Oslo has a serial killer on its hands.

 Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Thriller Murder Exciting Scary

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Cursed cover art
The Black Echo: Special Edition cover art
The Cleaner cover art
The Few cover art
The Girl in the Ice cover art
Where She Lies: A Gripping Irish Detective Thriller with a Stunning Twist cover art
The Cold, Cold Ground cover art
Genesis cover art
Relic cover art
The Alienist cover art

Critic reviews

The next Stieg Larsson
Nesbo sets a cracking pace... A series of spectacular plot twists leads to a thrilling finale. Highly recommended
Compelling... Shocking and surprising...expertly paced
Many authors know how to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Jo Nesbo's one of the few who keeps them there (Lindwood Barclay)
An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension
All stars
Most relevant
great plot & characters, the pace goes fast then slow, gripping in places and complex to follow in others

but all the little clues fit together in the end! Some over description /padding in places.

The Devil's Star, Jo Nesbo

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A very enjoyable journey . I am looking for another Jo Nesbo book now.

Enjoyable.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I know I said that the previous one was the best but this tops it. Not too many confusing names, a clear plot and more twists than a corkscrew.
Totally absorbing and a great listen.

The best yet

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was almost 2 books in one. its brilliant, so well written and the narrator is perfect. I'd highly recommend it

My favourite Harry Hole book yet

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really enjoyed this Harry Hole book. Having got to know him and his failings through Sean Barrett's voice I have come to understand his nature and was pleased to see him finally win a long standing victory in this book. I have enjoyed the ongoing understory that came through from earlier stories.
Will continue with the series interspersed with other genres. (Can only do so much crime and murder before I need a little break.)

Keeps you guessing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews