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The Katharina code

Horst, Jørn LierBruce, Anne(Translated by)
Part of the Wisting series
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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 . . . 'Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas' NEW YORK TIMES___________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 TATTOO2018 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 TimesJørn 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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Penguin Books Ltd
1405938064 / 9781405938068
Paperback / softback
13/12/2018
United Kingdom
English
Modern crime
419 pages
20 cm
Translated from the Norwegian This translation originally published: London: Michael Joseph.