The Katharina Code: You loved Wallander, now meet Wisting. (Wisting, 1) - Softcover

Horst, Jørn Lier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405938064 ISBN 13: 9781405938068

Publisher: Penguin, 2018

Synopsis

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 . . .
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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?
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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 & 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

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Review:

A good Nordic police procedural with well-drawn characters (Choice Magazine)

A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller- I couldn't put it down! (Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door)

Jørn 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)

The Katharina Code is the best and most ingenious novel that Jørn Lier Horst has written thus far (Tvedestrandsposten Norway)

If you haven't already, introduce yourself to Norway's Chief Inspector William Wisting - you'll warm to him even though his patch can get pretty cold (Jon Wise Sunday Sport)

Jørn Lier Horst only gets better and better . . . The Katharina Code is a beautiful crime fiction story (Stavanger Aftenblad Norway)

The novel vibrates with anticipation all the way to the finish (Dagbladet Norway)

The author has employed literary devices one only rarely finds in a crime novel. And he's succeeded marvelously (Tvedestrandsposten Norway)

With The Katharina Code Jørn Lier Horst again delivers an excellent crime novel with a credible plot . . . All that remains is to declare that Jørn Lier Horst impresses again (Østlands-Posten Norway)

About the Author:

Jørn Lier Horst (Author)
Having worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full time writer, Jørn Lier Horst has established himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. His books have sold over two million copies in his native Norway alone and he's published in twenty-six languages. The Wisting series is being adapted for TV by the producers behind Wallander and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Anne Bruce (Translator)
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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1405938064
• ISBN 13: 9781405938068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432