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The Night Man

byJørn Lier Horst, Anne Bruce (Translator), Saul Reichlin (Read by)

The pulse-racing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show

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A severed head, impaled on a stake, placed in the middle of the town square.
No clues. No leads. And just hours later, another body.
Inspector William Wisting is investigating the most grotesque case of his career. As media pressure mounts to find the sadistic killer, he soon finds what could be the key to solving the murder.
But with another death looming, Wisting faces a criminal network well beyond anything he's dealt with before. To find justice, he must put himself in danger beyond his darkest nightmares, and from which there can be no escape.

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

About Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer, and has established himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. His books have sold over three million copies in his native Norway alone, been No. 1 international bestsellers, and he’s published in more than forty countries around the world. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Finnish Whodunnit Society’s Honorary Award for excellence in foreign crime fiction.

The Wisting TV adaptation, produced by the team behind Wallander and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, was a hit series. The first three series are available to stream on BBC4.
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  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • ISBN: 9780241549179
  • Length: 595 minutes
  • Price: £13.00
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