The jealousy man : and other stories / Jo Nesbø ; translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson.

Short stories.

Part one: Jealousy -- London -- The Jealousy man -- The line -- Trash -- The confession -- Odd -- The earring -- Part two: Power -- Rat Island -- The shredder -- The cicadas -- The antidote -- Black knight.

A detective with a nose for jealousy is on the trail of a man suspected of murdering his twin; a bereaved father must decide whether vengeance has a place in the new world order after a pandemic brings about the collapse of society; a woman finally overcomes her intimacy issues through a dark encounter with her Peeping Tom neighbor; a hired assassin pits his wits against his greatest adversary, another assassin, in a dangerous game for survival; and an instantly electric connection between passengers on a flight to London may spell romance, or may spell something more sinister.