The Cabin by Jørn Lier Horst - ISBN: 9781405941617
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Fifteen years missing, a new murder: Can Wisting solve both?

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    416 pages

  • Release Date

    19 March 2020

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Summary

The second instalment in the Cold Case Quartet from one of Scandinavia’s most successful writers.

It’s been fifteen years since Simon Meier walked out of his house, never to be seen again. And just one day since politician Bernard Clausen was found dead at his cabin on the Norwegian coast.

When Chief Inspector William Wisting is asked to investigate, he soon discovers he may have found the key to solving Meier’s disappearance. But doing so means he must work with an old advers…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781405941617
ISBN-10:1405941618
Author:Jørn Lier Horst, Anne Bruce
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:19 March 2020
Weight:290g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 26mm
Series:Cold Case Quartet
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers

Horst is brilliant on the day-to-day details of investigation, while keeping tension to the end * Sunday Times *
Impeccably crafted police procedural * Sunday Times Crime Club *
A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller - I couldn’t put it down! * Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door *

Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers

– Marcel Berlin * The Times *

Jørn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today

– Joan Smith * Sunday Times *
Plotting reigns supreme. Fortunately, that’s Horst’s primary skill * Barry Forshaw, Financial Times *

A good Nordic police procedural with well-drawn characters

* Choice Magazine *
A nail biting deftly plotted thriller by a Norwegian police officer turned bestselling author * Saga Magazine *
Lier Horst’s novels stand comparison with the best police procedurals from anywhere in the world … polished and stylish … Wisting is a cracking creation … this is a riveting police procedural, it’s a page turner, inventive and thrilling by turns * NB Magazine *
If you liked Wallander you’ll enjoy this too * Crime Fiction Lover *

About The Author

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 eight 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, is a hit series. The first five series are available to stream on BBC4.

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