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When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or, put another way, for every cockroach you see in your hotel room, there are hundreds behind the walls. Surrounded by round-the-clock traffic noise, Harry wanders the streets of Bangkok lined with go-go bars, temples, opium dens, and tourist traps, trying to piece together the story of the ambassador’s death even though no one asked him to, and no one wants him to—not even Harry himself. Review "Satisfyingly twisty. . . . A compelling, hard-edged thriller." -- Booklist “Excellent . . . the most popular among [Nesbø’s] earlier novels and one that casts a cold eye on the reality of expatriate life of some Europeans in Asia.” — The Irish Independent “The complex narrative and large dramatis personae are handled with steely authority . . . The picturesque seediness of Bangkok and Thailand turns out to be Harry Hole's natural element, with Nesbo plumping his

Who reads Cockroaches : A Harry Hole Novel?

Author

Nesbø, Jo

Publisher

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345807168

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

True Crime, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (15,732 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14