Snow Fall: The gripping new Detective Wisting thriller
By (Author) Jrn Lier Horst
Translated by Anne Bruce
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
14th May 2024
1st February 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Fiction in translation
839.8238
Paperback
432
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 26mm
300g
DCI William Wisting, hero of the hit BBC Four series, is back in a case that will take him into the murky world of the dark web in pursuit of a killer When the body of an Australian backpacker is found in Spain, a global group of amateur sleuths comes alive in attempting to solve the mystery of her death. Foremost on the message boards is Astri, a young Norwegian woman whose feverish pursuit takes her closer than anyone to solving the case. But just as she makes her claim, she goes offline. No one in the group has heard from her since. William Wisting is sent to investigate, plunged into a world of unorthodox methods and amateur investigation - and a dangerous case where nothing is as it seems...
Praise for Jrn Lier Horst -- - * - *
Tense, fast-paced . . . compelling -- - * Sunday Times *
Relentlessly exciting . . . creates a sense of real menace -- - * The Times *
Jrn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised -- Yrsa Sigurardttir * - *
J RN 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 two million copies in his native Norway alone and he's published in twenty-six languages. The Wisting series, produced by the team behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was a hit BBC series in 2019 with a second series due to air soon.