Nådeskudd

Harry Hole #14

by Jo Nesbø

Det eneste som gjenstår er nådeskuddet.

Nyttårsaften, Oslo: Harry Hole balanserer på gelenderet til balkongen. Han har sluttet i politiet, sluttet å drikke, og kvinnen han elsker, er død. Sytten etasjer under ham ligger Oslo.

Første nyttårsdag har Oleg Fauke første dag på Drapsavsnittet, og tre lik markerer starten på det nye året. Ofrene har alle tilknytning til filmbransjen. Da politiet får tilsendt filmer som viser iscenesettelser av drap fra filmhistorien, melder spørsmålet seg: Har Oslo igjen fått en seriemorder?

Men morderen klipper sitt eget mesterverk, og her er Harry dømt til å spille en rolle.

Neste tagning kan bli hans siste.

Hardcover

First published August 19, 2026

About the author

Jo Nesbø is a bestselling Norwegian author and musician. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in economics. Nesbø is primarily famous for his crime novels about Detective Harry Hole, but he is also the main vocals and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. In 2007 Nesbø also released his first children's book, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver.

Series:
* Harry Hole
* Doktor Proktor

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Reviews

[Tanja Berg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty simple page turner. There appears to be a new serial killer lose in Oslo. This time it's Harry Hole's step son Oleg who is the investigating officer. Harry is working for an insurance company, but is of course soon enlisted as a consultant since he has experience with serial killers.

The killer is operating in the film industry, it seems, although it's not entirely clear. The first victim is a prostitute, Felicia, and she dies a horrible death. Which is also filmed. More gruesome and inventive deaths follow, which all somehow seem to relate to film. It makes for an excellent page turner, although it does not have all that much substance aside from this. But must it always, if we are entertained and enjoy the cast? I enjoyed myself and read the book quickly, without getting bored or annoyed.

[Marteht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nesbø gjør det igjen 🙌

[Afsheen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Er sterk fire, ble en twist for mye

Slutten gir visse løfter om en ny bok ..

[Sindre Alexander Ellingsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

🖤 🎬 🔪

3.75 ★

Nådeskudd is the 14th Harry Hole book, and for me, it felt much more like a bridge between what came before and whatever comes next than a standalone case that completely blew me away.

We meet Harry in a very dark place, and I actually thought the opening was a great way to start this book. He has lost so much, and watching him try to figure out what he is supposed to do with his life now gives the story a different emotional weight.

The murder investigation itself was… fine. It started with an interesting premise involving the film industry and staged recreations of famous murders, but I never became as invested in the case as I was in everything happening around it. The middle especially felt like filler at times, with the story circling the same possibilities without giving me much to grab onto.

The beginning moved quickly, the middle slowed down, and then the final part finally hit the pace and intensity I had been waiting for.

What really worked for me was Harry’s relationships with Oleg and Gert. Seeing Harry guide Oleg through his career while figuring out fatherhood himself gave us a much more human side of him. His relationship with Katrine Bratt also develops in an interesting way, particularly as they try to navigate this tiny, imperfect family they have created.

Harry is absolutely not a perfect father, but that made him feel more human rather than less. I also really enjoyed getting more of Harry’s history and seeing him slowly change direction after spending so much of the series defined by grief and self-destruction.

The writing still feels like the Nesbø I’ve come to love, although it felt somewhat simpler than some of the earlier books. I also couldn’t stop noticing the repeated “Talk to me” whenever Harry answered the phone, which became increasingly distracting and unnatural for me.

Ultimately, I enjoyed being back in Harry Hole’s world, and I’m glad I read this. But the biggest thing Nådeskudd gave me was an intense desire for the next book.

It feels like the end of one chapter and the beginning of something new, and I’m much more excited about where Harry goes from here than I was about the case itself.

[Eirik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Som vanlig solid krim-håndverk.