Description
| Product ID: | 9780241533796 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Night Man |
| Subtitle: | The pulse-racing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show |
| Authors: | Author: Jorn Lier Horst, Anne Bruce |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Norway |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A SEVERED HEAD ON A STAKE. A BODY IN THE LAKE . . . THE PULSE-RAISING NEW WISTING NOVEL FROM 10 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER JORN LIER HORST, NOW A MAJOR BBC 4 TV SHOW'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMESA SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH_________It happened in the quiet town of Larvik. A severed head displayed on a stake. A crime so dark only one man is capable of solving it: Police 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 just one man: The Night Man. Their elusive leader. The man Wisting must find if he wants to stop the murders. That is, if The Night Man doesn't get to him first . . . _________'It's fascinating to see Horst flesh out his protagonist Wisting at an early stage in his career . . . Nor is it hard to see why the series quickly became so popular' SUNDAY TIMES'Atmospheric. Demonstrates why he has become so popular . . . Powerful' HERALDPraise for Jorn 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'Jorn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized' Yrsa Sigurdardottir 'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times A SEVERED HEAD ON A STAKE. A BODY IN THE LAKE . . . THE PULSE-RAISING NEW WISTING NOVEL FROM 10 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER JØRN LIER HORST, NOW A MAJOR BBC 4 TV SHOW |
| Imprint Name: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-24 |
