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The Katharina Code: You loved Wallander, now meet Wisting.: The Cold Case Quartet, cartea 1

Autor Jørn Lier Horst Traducere de Anne Bruce
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2018
Set between the icy streets and dark forests of Norway,The Katharina Codeis 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
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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 BEHINDWALLANDERANDTHE 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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405938068
ISBN-10: 1405938064
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Cold Case Quartet

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

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, produced by the team behindWallanderandThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,was a hit BBC series in 2019.

Anne Bruce (Translator)
Anne Brucestudied 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-winningThe CavemanandWhen It Grows Dark, which was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger in 2017.



Recenzii

A good Nordic police proceduralwithwell-drawn characters
Awell-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller- I couldn't put it down!
Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today
Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers
The Katharina Codeis the best and most ingenious novel that Jørn Lier Horst has written thus far
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
Jørn Lier Horst only gets better and better . . .The Katharina Codeis a beautiful crime fiction story
The novel vibrates with anticipation all the way to the finish
The author has employed literary devices one only rarely finds in a crime novel. And he's succeeded marvelously
WithThe Katharina CodeJørn Lier Horst again delivers an excellent crime novel with a credible plot . . . All that remains is to declare that Jørn Lier Horst impresses again
The untangling [of the mystery], the tactics, and the climax keep the suspense at a solid Horst level
Jørn Lier Horst has truly done it this time . . . Exceptionally well-executed
Horst invites the readers to join the investigation in a credible manner that highlights professional practices [in the police] and generates a new kind of suspense
Pure evil in a solid Wisting crime novel. /..../ Jørn Lier Horst delivers credible crime fiction as always