Knife (novel)

2019 crime novel written by Jo Nesbø

Knife

Cover of first edition (Aschehoug)

Author| Jo Nesbø
Original title| Kniv
Translator| Neil Smith
Language| Norwegian
Series| Harry Hole (#12)
Genre| Crime fiction
Publisher| Aschehoug

Publication date

| 6 June 2019
Publication place| Norway

Published in English

| 9 July 2019
Media type| Print
Pages| 519
ISBN| 978-82-03-36418-1 (hardcover)
OCLC| 1117712320

Dewey Decimal

| 839.823/8
LC Class| PT8951.24.E83 K55 2019
Preceded by| The Thirst
Followed by| Killing Moon

Knife (Norwegian: Kniv, 2019) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the twelfth in the Harry Hole series.[1][2][3] The book is set in Oslo.

## Plot

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Harry Hole started drinking again and was kicked out of his home by his wife Rakel. Recently, only minor cases have been entrusted to him, despite the fact that his investigative skills are well known at the anti-crime in Oslo. Everything changes when one morning he wakes up covered in blood without remembering what happened the previous evening and, a short time later, he discovers that a murder had taken place that night.

## Reception

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Tom Nolan of Wall Street Journal praised Knife's "memorable, well-drawn" character and called it "arguably the best entry yet" in the Harry Hole series, writing, "The moral conundrums in "Knife" are Dostoevskian, the surprises are breathtaking, the one-liners are amusing and the suspense is unrelenting."[4]

Publishers Weekly criticized the novel for having an "enormous number of characters, backstories, subplots, and themes" but nonetheless praised its "well-orchestrated" ending.[5]

Rob Merrill of the Associated Press praised the novel's pacing but felt part of its quality was lost in the English translation.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Kniv". aschehoug.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 September 2020.
2. ^ "Nordic noir master Jo Nesbø takes another dark twist with 'Knife'". Los Angeles Times. 10 July 2019.
3. ^ "Jo Nesbo's detective, Harry Hole, is back for another outing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
4. ^ Nolan, Tom (5 July 2019). "Mysteries: The One Who Didn't Get Away". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
5. ^ "Mystery/Thriller Book Review: The Knife: A Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbø, trans. from the Norwegian by Neil Smith". Publishers Weekly. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
6. ^ Merrill, Rob (8 July 2019). "Review: Super sleuth Harry Hole at his sharpest in 'Knife'". Associated Press. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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Jo Nesbø

Harry Hole series|

* The Bat (1997)
* Cockroaches (1998)
* The Redbreast (2000)
* Nemesis (2002)
* The Devil's Star (2003)
* The Redeemer (2005)
* The Snowman (2007)
* The Leopard (2009)
* Phantom (2011)
* Police (2013)
* The Thirst (2017)
* Knife (2019)
* Killing Moon (2022)

Other novels|

* Headhunters (2008)
* Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder series (2010–2018)
* The Son (2014)
* Macbeth (2018)

Other works|

* Stemmer fra Balkan (1999)
* Karusellmusikk (2001)
* Okkupert (2015)

Adaptations|

* Headhunters (2011)
* Doktor Proktors Prompepulver (2014)
* Doktor Proktors Tidsbadekar (2015)
* The Snowman (2017)
* The Hanging Sun (2022)
* Killer Heat (2024)

See also|

* Di Derre

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* Czech Republic

Other|

* MusicBrainz work
* 2

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