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Meet Harry Hole MEET HARRY HOLE Born: 26 April 1963 Measurements: 6’ 2” (192 cm), 15 stone (95 kg) Physical description: Close-shaven blond hair, blue eyes, pale complexion, athletic build Education: Law degree followed by Oslo Police College Employers: Oslo Police College Crime Squad, Oslo Police Force Pro le: Hole is a classic loose cannon with few close friends and some unorthodox methods. But he is a brilliant detective who will do whatever it takes to crack a case, at whatever cost to himself Marital status: Married to Rakel Fauke ALSO BY JO NESBO The Harry Hole Series The Bat Cockroaches The Redbreast Nemesis The Devil’s Star The Redeemer The Snowman The Leopard Phantom Police The Thirst Standalone Thrillers Headhunters The Son Blood on Snow Midnight Sun Macbeth JO NESBO ALSO BY JO NESBO The Harry Hole Series Knife The Bat Cockroaches The Redbreast TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BY Nemesis Neil Smith The Devil’s Star The Redeemer The Snowman The Leopard Phantom Police The Thirst Standalone Thrillers Headhunters The Son Blood on Snow Midnight Sun Macbeth 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Vintage 20 VauxhallVintage Bridge Road, 20 VauxhallLondon SW1V Bridge 2SA Road, London SW1V 2SA Vintage is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies whoseVintage addresses is part of can the be Penguin found Randomat global.penguinrandomhouse.com House group of companies whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com Copyright © Jo Nesbo 2019 Published byCopyright agreement © withJo Nesbo Salomonsson 2019 Agency PublishedEnglish translation by agreement copyright with Salomonsson © Neil Smith Agency 2019 English translation copyright © Neil Smith 2019 Jo Nesbo has asserted his right to be identi ed as the author of this Work in Jo Nesboaccordance has asserted with his the right Copyright, to be identi Designs ed asand the Patents author Act of this1988 Work in PART ONE accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 First published by Harvill Secker in 2019 FirstFirst published published by Harvillby Vintage Secker in 2020 in 2019 First published by Vintage in 2020 First published with the title KNIV in Norway by H. Aschehoug & Co. First published with the(W. title N ygaard), KNIV in Oslo Norway in 2019 by H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. N ygaard), Oslo in 2019 Reference in Chapter 15 to ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’ by The Clash Reference in Chapter(lyrics 15 byto Joe‘Should Strummer, I Stay orMick Should Jones) I Go?’ by The Clash (lyrics by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) Reference in Chapter 17 to ‘Into the Fire’ by Deep Purple (lyrics by ReferenceIan Gillan, in Ian Chapter Paice, 17 Ritchie to ‘Into Blackmore, the Fire’ byRoger Deep Glover, Purple Jon Lord) (lyrics by Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord) Reference in Chapter 27 to ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles Reference(lyrics byin TrevorChapter Charles 27 to ‘Video Horn, KilledGeoffrey the Downes,Radio Star’ Bruce by TheWoolley) Buggles (lyrics by Trevor Charles Horn, Geoffrey Downes, Bruce Woolley) Reference in Chapter 39, 47 and 48 to ‘Farther Along’, Reference in Chaptertraditional 39, Christian47 and 48 hymn to ‘Farther Along’, (lyrics attributed totraditional W. B. Stevens/W. Christian A. hymn Fletcher/W. E. Lindsay) (lyrics attributed to W. B. Stevens/W. A. Fletcher/W. E. Lindsay) penguin.co.uk/vintage penguin.co.uk/vintage A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 9781784709082 (B format) ISBN 97817847090999781784709082 (A(B format) ISBN 9781784709099 (A format) Typeset in 10.25 /12.58 pt Adobe Scala by Jouve UK, Milton Keynes TypesetPrinted in and 10.25 bound /12.58 in Greatpt Adobe Britain Scala by by Clays Jouve Ltd, UK, Elcograf Milton S.p.A. Keynes Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A. Penguin Random House is committed to a sustainable future Penguinfor our Random business, House our reader is committed and our to planet. a sustainable This book future is formade our from business, Forest our Stewardship reader and Council our planet.® certi This ed bookpaper. is made from Forest Stewardship Council® certi ed paper. 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Vintage 20 VauxhallVintage Bridge Road, 20 VauxhallLondon SW1V Bridge 2SA Road, London SW1V 2SA Vintage is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies whoseVintage addresses is part of can the be Penguin found Randomat global.penguinrandomhouse.com House group of companies whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com Copyright © Jo Nesbo 2019 Published byCopyright agreement © withJo Nesbo Salomonsson 2019 Agency PublishedEnglish translation by agreement copyright with Salomonsson © Neil Smith Agency 2019 English translation copyright © Neil Smith 2019 Jo Nesbo has asserted his right to be identi ed as the author of this Work in Jo Nesboaccordance has asserted with his the right Copyright, to be identi Designs ed asand the Patents author Act of this1988 Work in PART ONE accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 First published by Harvill Secker in 2019 FirstFirst published published by Harvillby Vintage Secker in 2020 in 2019 First published by Vintage in 2020 First published with the title KNIV in Norway by H. Aschehoug & Co. First published with the(W. title N ygaard), KNIV in Oslo Norway in 2019 by H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. N ygaard), Oslo in 2019 Reference in Chapter 15 to ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’ by The Clash Reference in Chapter(lyrics 15 byto Joe‘Should Strummer, I Stay orMick Should Jones) I Go?’ by The Clash (lyrics by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) Reference in Chapter 17 to ‘Into the Fire’ by Deep Purple (lyrics by ReferenceIan Gillan, in Ian Chapter Paice, 17 Ritchie to ‘Into Blackmore, the Fire’ byRoger Deep Glover, Purple Jon Lord) (lyrics by Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord) Reference in Chapter 27 to ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles Reference(lyrics byin TrevorChapter Charles 27 to ‘Video Horn, KilledGeoffrey the Downes,Radio Star’ Bruce by TheWoolley) Buggles (lyrics by Trevor Charles Horn, Geoffrey Downes, Bruce Woolley) Reference in Chapter 39, 47 and 48 to ‘Farther Along’, Reference in Chaptertraditional 39, Christian47 and 48 hymn to ‘Farther Along’, (lyrics attributed totraditional W. B. Stevens/W. Christian A. hymn Fletcher/W. E. Lindsay) (lyrics attributed to W. B. Stevens/W. A. Fletcher/W. E. Lindsay) penguin.co.uk/vintage penguin.co.uk/vintage A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 9781784709082 (B format) ISBN 97817847090999781784709082 (A(B format) ISBN 9781784709099 (A format) Typeset in 10.25 /12.58 pt Adobe Scala by Jouve UK, Milton Keynes TypesetPrinted in and 10.25 bound /12.58 in Greatpt Adobe Britain Scala by by Clays Jouve Ltd, UK, Elcograf Milton S.p.A. Keynes Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A. Penguin Random House is committed to a sustainable future Penguinfor our Random business, House our reader is committed and our to planet. a sustainable This book future is formade our from business, Forest our Stewardship reader and Council our planet.® certi This ed bookpaper. is made from Forest Stewardship Council® certi ed paper. a ragged dress was hanging from one branch of a rotting pine tree. It put the old man in mind of a song from his youth, about a dress on a washing line. But this dress wasn’t hanging in a southerly breeze like in the song, but in the ice- cold meltwater in a river. It was com- pletely still down at the bottom of the river, and even though it was fi ve o’clock in the afternoon, and it was March, and the sky above the surface of the water was clear, just as the forecast had said, there wasn’t a lot of sunlight left after it had been fi ltered through a layer of ice and four metres of water. Which meant that the pine tree and dress lay in weird, greenish semi- darkness. It was a summer dress, he had concluded, blue with white polka dots. Maybe the dress had once been coloured, he didn’t know. It probably depended on how long the dress had been hanging there, snagged on the branch. And now the dress was hanging in a current that never stopped, washing it, stroking it when the river was run- ning slowly, tugging and pulling at it when the river was in full fl ow, slowly but surely tearing it to pieces. If you looked at it that way, the old man thought, the dress was a bit like him. That dress had once meant something to 3 a ragged dress was hanging from one branch of a rotting pine tree. It put the old man in mind of a song from his youth, about a dress on a washing line. But this dress wasn’t hanging in a southerly breeze like in the song, but in the ice- cold meltwater in a river. It was com- pletely still down at the bottom of the river, and even though it was fi ve o’clock in the afternoon, and it was March, and the sky above the surface of the water was clear, just as the forecast had said, there wasn’t a lot of sunlight left after it had been fi ltered through a layer of ice and four metres of water.
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