Jo Nesbø - Messer (Knife) book

'Messer' (English title: 'Knife') is a crime thriller novel by legendary Norwegian author Jo Nesbø, featuring the iconic protagonist Harry Hole. While the intellectual property and author originate from Norway, this specific edition shown in the image is published by Ullstein Verlag, a prominent German publishing house.

Ullstein Verlag was originally founded in Berlin in 1877 by Leopold Ullstein and has a storied history in German media. Today, the brand and company are part of the Bonnier Group, a Swedish family-owned media conglomerate based in Stockholm. Consequently, while the book is written by a Norwegian and printed for the German market (typically in Germany), its ultimate corporate ownership is Swedish.