Description

The inspiration for thrilling BBC TV show Wisting, from the producers behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Seventeen years ago, William Wisting led the investigation into one of Norway’s most widely publicised criminal cases.

The young Cecilia Linde had been killed, and public outrage demanded a swift response.

Now it is discovered that evidence was planted and the wrong man convicted.

With the convicted man free, Wisting faces jail if he cannot discover the truth about the planted evidence.

He is suspended and the media smell blood.

To discover what really happened he must work alone and undercover, assisted only by his journalist daughter Line.

William Wisting has spent his life hunting criminals, but now it is he who is hunted…

Winner of The Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel

Get your next Scandi crime fix from number one bestselling author Jorn Lier Horst.

Praise for the multi-award-winning William Wisting Mysteries:

‘Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers.’ -The Times
‘Solid, satisfying police procedurals.’ -The Sunday Times
‘Plotting reigns supreme.’ -Financial Times
‘Gripping and well executed.’ -The Herald
‘Immensely impressive.’ -Barry Forshaw
‘A masterpiece of storytelling.’ -Lin Anderson

Publisher Review

'An original, thrilling novel about a policeman's struggle on the edge between disaster and restoration of justice.' * The Martin Beck Award, 2014 given by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy for the best crime novel in translation. * 'Urban rather than natural settings are the stamping grounds of Jorn Lier Horst, whose Drges (his first novel to be published in English) is immensely impressive. The writer's career as a police chief has supplied a key ingredient for the crime fiction form: credibility.' * Barry Forshaw, Nordic Noir and Euro Noir * '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.' * Steve Peacock * 'Written from the viewpoint of a recently serving police officer, this book's authenticity gives a true flavour of the search for a dangerous criminal.' * Crime Squad * 'An immaculately plotted, beautifully structured novel, complex and full of tension.' * Crime Time * 'Gripping and well executed.' * The Herald * 'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read.' * Mrs Peabody Investigates *