# The Katharina Code

**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 . . .  
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**'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.  
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And so is Katharina's husband._  
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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_  
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'_A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller- I couldn't put it down!'** Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door

## Details

- **Price:** 0.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** Penguin Books
- **Type:** Jørn Lier Horst

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