Knife

The 12th book in one of the world's most successful crime series, Harry Hole by Jo Nesbø

Harry is facing the most difficult case of his career and he's not sure he can even function. His idyllic marriage to Rakel is long gone. The job at the academy, which he enjoyed, is also gone. All he has left is his faithful friend Jim Beam and a desk job where he just files papers. He feels like he's standing over an abyss, ready to fall at any moment. Or maybe he's already fallen and it's too late for everything. He has woken up many times with no idea what has happened. Usually, it was a classic blackout and a massive hangover.

This time it's much worse. He only has a feeling that something is terribly wrong, because when he wakes up, there's blood on his hands and trousers. He remembers nothing. He has no idea what happened at the bar, Jealousy, yesterday. Small fragments of the events gradually come to light, and everything looks too bad to be true. Harry Hole is starting to wish he hadn't woken up at all. Because even the worst nightmare in the world is much better than the cruel reality he has to face.