The Caveman: 4 (The William Wisting Mysteries) - Softcover

Lier Horst, Jorn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910124044 ISBN 13: 9781910124048

Publisher: Sandstone Press, 2015

Synopsis

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The Fourth William Wisting Mystery. Only three houses away from the policeman's home, a man has been sitting dead in front of his television set for four months. There are no indications that anything criminal has taken place. Viggo Hansen was a man nobody ever noticed, even though he lived in the midst of a close-knit community. His death doesn't hit the headlines, but there is something about the case that catches the attention of William Wisting's journalist daughter, Line, and she decides to write a newspaper article with a different twist for the festive season: the portrait of a completely anonymous and obscure person whose death goes unremarked and unmourned.

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Review:

Superbly constructed, The Caveman is a novel that should see Jorn Lier Horst placed firmly in the finest class of Scandinavian Noir. Horst's beautifully paced and compelling narrative ensnares the reader as it unveils the darkest side of human nature. Wisting and Line are both believable and complex characters. That combined with the superb backdrop of winter in Norway makes this dark tale a must read. --Caro Ramsey, author of the Anderson and Costello series

'The Caveman is not just an intriguing, fast-paced thriller, but a thoughtful meditation on loneliness, and a moving testament to the value of each and every human life.' --Nicola Upson, author of the Josephine Tey series

Jorn Lier Horst is a phenomenal new voice in Nordic Noir. His handling of landscape and location matches that of Henning Mankell. The narrative concern with digital technology is on a par with Stieg Larsson. What makes Lier Horst distinctive is his haunting ability to find the feasible in the psychopathic. --Steven Peacock, Swedish Crime Fiction: Novel, Film, Television

'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.' --The Sunday Sport

The Caveman is Wisting s fourth appearance in an English translation, and shows Horst a former Larvik cop to be up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers. --Marcel Berlins, The Times

Jorn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today.' --Joan Smith, Sunday Times

About the Author:

Jorn Lier Horst was born in 1970, in Bamble, Telemark, Norway. Between 1995 and 2013, when he turned to full time writing, he worked as a policeman in Larvik, eventually becoming head of investigations there. His William Wisting series of crime novels has been extremely successful, having sold more than 500,000 copies in Scandinavia, UK, Germany, Netherlands and Thailand. Dregs, sixth in the series, was published in English by Sandstone Press in 2011, and Closed for Winter, winner of Norway s Booksellers Prize, in 2012. Closed for Winter was also shortlisted for the prestigious Riverton Prize or The Golden Revolver, for best Norwegian crime novel of the year. In 2013 The Hunting Dogs, successor to Closed for Winter won both the Golden Revolver and The Glass Key, which widened the scope to best crime fiction in all the Nordic countries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sandstone Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1910124044
• ISBN 13: 9781910124048
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 368