THE 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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Praise for Jørn Lier Horst

Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas New York Times

Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today Sunday Times