The compulsive, gripping thriller from the international bestselling author Jørn Lier Horst . . . 
___________\nTwenty-four years ago Katharina Haugen went missing.\nAll she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers scribbled on a piece of paper.\nEvery 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.\nBut now Martin Haugen is missing too.\nAs Wisting prepares to investigate another missing person's 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.\nBut is Wisting playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest? 
___________\nSet 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.\nAtmospheric, gripping and suspenseful; this is Nordic Noir at its very best.\n'Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Joan Smith, Sunday Times\n'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' Marcel Berlin, The Times

Katharina Code

Jorn-Lier-Horst

Michael Joseph, Ltd.

The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst\nINSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING\n'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMES\nA killer caught. A murder sentence served. But did they arrest the wrong man? 
_______\nIn 1999, seventeen-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work.\nThe police - desperate for a quick conviction - deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her embittered ex-boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder.\nHer family was able to grieve. The public felt justice had been done. The streets were safe again.\nBut twenty years later, William Wisting receives an anonymous letter suggesting that the wrong man was convicted, and worse yet: the real murderer is still out there.\nThrown into a terrifying race against time, Wisting must find the sender and catch the real killer before they strike again.\nBut nothing is as it seems. And as Wisting disappears further into a dark past of secrets, lies and murder, his own life is threatened . . .\nCan he find Tone's true killer before it's too late?\nPraise for Jørn Lier Horst\n'Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas' New York Times\n'Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized' Yrsa Sigurdardóttir\n'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times

A Question of Guilt: The heart-pounding new novel from the No. 1 bestseller (Wisting)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The chilling new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst. This is Nordic Noir at its spine-tingling best\nAfter four years behind bars notorious serial killer, Thomas Kerr, is ready to talk.\nAnd Chief Inspector, William Wisting has been waiting to listen.\nKerr has finally agreed to lead the police to his final victim's grave. But the expedition goes horribly wrong after his escape deep into the Norwegian forest.\nWisting must launch a frantic search to find this cold-blooded killer before he strikes again.\nBut the body of another woman, killed weeks before, has been found. Murdered in the same way as Kerr's victims.\nIs there a copycat killer on the loose?\nAnd what will happen once Kerr and his apprentice are reunited?\nAs the clock counts down to the next murder, Wisting must put everything on the line to stop a terrifying evil which threatens to engulf his city.\nPraise for Jørn Lier Horst\n'Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized' Yrsa Sigurdardóttir\n'Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times\n'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' Marcel Berlin, The Times\n'A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller - I couldn't put it down!' Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door\n'A good Nordic police procedural with well-drawn characters' Choice Magazine\nSOON TO BE A BBC TV SERIES FROM THE PRODUCERS BEHIND WALLANDER AND THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

The Inner Darkness

Michael, Joseph

The Night Man

Snow Fall

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. You loved Wallander, now meet Wisting . . . ___________ 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? ___________ SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM THE PRODUCERS BEHIND WALLANDER AND THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 2018 Nordic Noir Thriller of the Year, Winner of the prestigious Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel &amp; Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award 'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' The Times Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' The Sunday Times ' A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller- I couldn't put it down!' Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door

Genre Fiction

Penguin Books, Ltd.

A chilling letter. A wrong conviction. One last chance to find the real killer . . . 
The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst\nINSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING\n'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMES 
_______\nIn 1999, seventeen-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work.\nDesperate for a conviction the police deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her spurned boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder.\nBut twenty years later William Wisting receives a puzzling letter. It suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone's death.\nAnd the real murderer is still out there.\nWisting is quickly thrown into a terrifying race against time where he must find the sender, decipher this mysterious letter and catch the real killer - 
before they strike again . . . 
_______\nPraise for Jørn Lier Horst\n'Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas' New York Times\n'Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized' Yrsa Sigurdardóttir\n'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times

A Question of Guilt: The heart-pounding novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show (Wisting)

The Night Man: The pulse-racing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show

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Katharina Code

A Question of Guilt: The heart-pounding new novel from the No. 1 bestseller (Wisting)

The Inner Darkness

The Night Man

The Night Man

Snow Fall

Katharina Code

A Question of Guilt: The heart-pounding novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show (Wisting)

The Night Man: The pulse-racing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show

Snow Fall