Nemesis (Nesbø novel)
| Author | Jo Nesbø |
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| Original title | Sorgenfri |
| Translator | Don Bartlett |
| Country | Norway (episodes in Brazil and Egypt, ongoing events in Russia significantly affecting the plot) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Series | Harry Hole, #4 |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Aschehoug |
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Publication date
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2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 52064471 |
| Preceded by | The Redbreast |
| Followed by | The Devil's Star |
Nemesis (Norwegian: Sorgenfri, 2002) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the fourth in the Harry Hole series.
A fatal bank robbery in Oslo must be solved, but Harry also has to deal with two women who are important to him, while trying to stay away from the alcohol which continues to have him in its grip.
This book introduces for the first time the character of Beate Lønn, who will become an important part of the series, a valued partner of Harry's who significantly interacts with other characters. Highly courageous and dedicated, she is the daughter of a police officer killed by a bank robber and has joined the police in order to emulate him; she has the unique ability to remember every face she had ever seen; to begin with, she is very shy and easily embarrassed, though she will gain confidence in the course of this and later books.
A bank robbery is committed by a lone robber in a balaclava mask. Holding a bank teller hostage, he demands that the bank's ATM be emptied within 25 seconds before the police can arrive, or he will kill her. To conceal his voice, he makes the hostage speak his demands, whispered into her ear. The bank manager empties the ATM, but it takes him 31 seconds. Taking the money, the robber whispers one last time to the hostage before shooting her.
Initially given to the robberies unit, the case remains unsolved. However, a police video evidence expert, Beate Lønn, surmises that, since the robber and hostage are intimately close together, the robber knew his victim well. The case is transferred to Lønn and Harry Hole, treating it as a murder investigation.
Further bank robberies occur in the same way. However, successful emptying of the ATMs within the specified time limit mean that no other tellers are killed.
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