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Book SynopsisTHE PULSE-RAISING NEW WISTING NOVEL FROM 10 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER JØRN LIER HORST, NOW A MAJOR BBC 4 TV SHOW
''Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers'' THE TIMES
''One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today'' SUNDAY TIMES
A BODY IN THE LAKE. A HEAD ON A STAKE . . .
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Gruesome happenings in the quiet town of Larvik. Only one man is capable of solving them: Chief Inspector William Wisting.
Before long, more bodies are found. Media frenzy sweeps the locals into panic. And when Wisting''s investigation leads him to a deadly underground crime ring, he fears the whole town may be in danger.
But at the heart of it is the gang''s elusive leader: The Night Man.
Who Wisting must find if he wants to stop the murders.
That is, if The Night Man doesn''t get to him first . . .
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It's fascinating to see Horst flesh out his protagonist Wisting at an early stage in his career . . . Nor is it hard to see why the series quickly became so popular * Sunday Times *
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Tense, fast-paced . . . compelling * Sunday Times *
Relentlessly exciting . . . creates a sense of real menace * The Times *
Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised * Yrsa Sigurðardóttir *
One of the very best novels that [Lier Horst] has ever written . . . Thrilling. Jørn Lier Horst elevates his and Wisting's universe to a whole other level * Nettavisen, Norway *
Atmospheric. Demonstrates why he has become so popular . . . A powerful portrait of a barbaric criminal underworld that exploits society's most vulnerable * Herald *
