Jorn Lier Horst

A gripping thriller from the international bestselling author Jorn Lier Horst Twenty-four years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers scribbled on a piece of paper. Every year on October 9th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack. And visits the husband he was never able to help. But now Martin Haugen is missing too. As Wisting prepares to investigate another missing persons case he's visited by a detective from Oslo. Adrian Stiller is convinced Martin's involved in another disappearance of a young woman and asks Wisting to close the net around Martin. But is Wisting playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest? Set between the icy streets and dark forests of Norway, The Katharina Code is a heart-stopping story of one man's obsession with his coldest case. Atmospheric, gripping and suspenseful; this is Nordic Noir at its very best. 'Jorn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Joan Smith, Sunday Times 'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' Marcel Berlin, The Times

PRE ORDER THE GRIPPING NEW MYSTERY FEATURING DETECTIVE WILLIAM WISTING Following weeks of heavy rain the earth comes sliding down on one of Larvik s residential areas burying a handful of houses Detective William Wisting is quick to join the rescue operation Luckily by sunrise the next day it becomes clear that the landslide has claimed no victims And yet just twenty four hours later a body is found and the victim was killed before the landslide As Wisting opens an investigation into the mysterious murder he soon discovers this death might have dangerous ties to a series of ongoing cases And the clues start leading Wisting not towards an enemy on the outside but to a traitor in his own unit Praise for Jrn Lier Horst Tense fast paced compelling Sunday Times Relentlessly exciting creates a real sense of menace The Times Atmospheric Herald Why readers LOVE the Wisting series A truly absorbing crime thriller as good as they get 5 reader review Very cleverly written the fast pace is maintained until the very last page 5 reader review I loved every minute of it A must read for crime fans 5 reader reviews I read this is one sitting you won t regret it 5 reader reviews Another twisting tale for Wi

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Katharina went missing twenty-four years ago. Each year on the anniversary of her disappearance Chief Inspector William Wisting visits her husband, the man he could never help. He re-reads her files, searching for the answer he could never find. The code he could never solve. Until now. This year is going to be different. Another woman is missing. And so is Katharina's husband. Wisting has to find him, but is he rescuing a dear friend, or playing a deadly game?

Horst is brilliant on the day-to-day details of investigation, while keeping tension to the end' SUNDAY TIMESIt's been fifteen years since Simon Meier walked out of his house, never to be seen again.And just one day since politician Bernard Clausen was found dead at his cabin on the Norwegian coast.When Chief Inspector William Wisting is asked to investigate, he soon discovers he may have found the key to solving Meier's disappearance.But doing so means he must work with an old adversary to piece together what really happened all those years ago.It's a puzzle that leads them into a dark underworld on the trail of Clausen's interests and vices. A shady place from which they may never emerge - especially when he finds it leads closer to home than he ever could have imagined.Fans of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson will be captivated by The Cabin, a thrilling and atmospheric read from award-winning Nordic crime writer Jrn Lier Horst.'Plotting reigns supreme' Barry Forshaw, Financial Times

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