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The Katharina Code de Jørn Lier Horst

The Katharina Code

Autor Jørn Lier Horst
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 ian 2025
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
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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 BEHIND WALLANDER AND THE 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: 9781668076071
ISBN-10: 1668076071
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 150 x 230 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Scribner Canada

Notă biografică

Jørn Lier Horst worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer, establishing himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. He writes engaging and intelligent crime novels that offer an uncommonly detailed and realistic insight into the way serious crimes are investigated, as well as how both police and press work. His books have sold over two million copies in his native Norway alone and he’s published in twenty-six languages. His literary awards include the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, the Riverton Prize (Golden Revolver), the Scandinavian Glass Key, and the prestigious Martin Beck Award.

Recenzii

A good Nordic police procedural with well-drawn characters
A well-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 Code is 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 Code is 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
With The Katharina Code Jørn 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