Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Jørn Lier Horst worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer, and has established himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. His books have sold over three million copies in his native Norway alone, been No. 1 international bestsellers, and he’s published in more than forty countries around the world. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Finnish Whodunnit Society’s Honorary Award for excellence in foreign crime fiction. The Wisting TV adaptation, produced by the team behind Wallander and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, was a hit series. The first three series are available to stream on BBC4. Anne Bruce studied Norwegian and English at the University of Glasgow and now lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. She has translated a number of crime novels by Anne Holt and Jorn Lier Horst, including the Petrona-Prize-winning The Caveman and When It Grows Dark, which was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger in 2017.<b>Horst is brilliant on the day-to-day details of investigation, while keeping tension to the end</b>
Sunday Times
<b>Impeccably crafted police procedural</b>
Sunday Times Crime Club
A <b>well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven </b>thriller - I couldn't put it down!
Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door
<p>Up there with the <b>best of the Nordic crime writers</b></p>
- Marcel Berlin, The Times
<p>Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most <b>brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today</b></p>
- Joan Smith, Sunday Times
<b>Plotting reigns supreme. Fortunately, that's Horst's primary skill</b>
Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
<p><b>A good Nordic police procedural </b>with <b>well-drawn characters</b></p>
Choice Magazine
A <b>nail biting deftly plotted thriller </b>by a Norwegian police officer turned bestselling author
Saga Magazine
Lier Horst's novels stand comparison with the best police procedurals from anywhere in the world . . . polished and stylish . . . Wisting is a cracking creation . . . this is a riveting police procedural, it's a page turner, inventive and thrilling by turns
NB Magazine
If you liked <b><i>Wallander</i></b> you'll enjoy this too
Crime Fiction Lover