Knife
- Published
- 1 January 2019
- Pages
- 451
- ISBN-13
- 9780525655398
- Type
- novel
About this book
Knife (2019) is the twelfth Harry Hole novel, running 451 pages, one of the darker, more violent entries as Jo Nesbø's series continued its long unraveling of Harry's personal relationships. It sits between The Thirst and Killing Moon.
Key facts about Knife
Knife is a novel by Jo Nesbø. Readers have had it since 1 January 2019. It runs to 451 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Knife. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780525655398 to find the main one.
Knife is book 12 of 14 in the Harry Hole series. The series has 14 published books. However, the series starts with The Bat (1997). Kill Shot is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 5 November 2026.
Additionally, Jo Nesbø writes Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and middle-grade comedy shelves. Meanwhile, Kill Shot is the latest published Jo Nesbø book on file, from 5 November 2026.
About Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian author who worked as a stockbroker and fronted the popular rock band Di Derre before turning to crime writing with The Bat in 1997, the first of what became the Harry Hole series. See every Jo Nesbø book in order.
Its place in Harry Hole
Knife is book 12 in the Harry Hole series. It follows The Thirst. It is followed by Killing Moon. See the full Harry Hole reading order.
Harry Hole is an Oslo homicide detective whose brilliance as an investigator is matched only by his talent for wrecking everything around him — alcoholism, dead partners, burned bridges with his own police force — across Jo Nesbø's brutal, internationally bestselling Nordic noir series. Each book is a genuine whodunit built around an elaborate, often serial-killer-driven plot, but the real engine is Harry himself: a man who solves cases through obsession and self-destruction in roughly equal measure, and whose…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780525655398