Katharina Code: The Cold Case Quartet, Book 1 The

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Twenty-six years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers written on a piece of paper.Every year on October 10th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack. And visits the husband he was never able to help.But now Martin Haugen is missing too.And the police force is convinced he's involved in another disappearance of a young woman and asks Wisting to close the net around Martin.But is he playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest? Set across the icy streets and dark forests of Norway, The Katharina Code is a heart-stopping story of one man's consuming hope to solve his coldest case.Twenty-six years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers written on a piece of paper.Every year on October 10th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack. And visits the husband he was never able to help.But now Martin Haugen is missing too.And the police force is convinced he's involved in another disappearance of a young woman and asks Wisting to close the net around Martin.But is he playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest? Set across the icy streets and dark forests of Norway, The Katharina Code is a heart-stopping story of one man's consuming hope to solve his coldest case.
Jorn Lier Horst has joined the elite of Nordic crime fiction writers. Having worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time author, Horst brings a unique brand of suspense and realism to his novels. With his books selling over two million copies in his home country alone, Horst has established himself as one of the most addictive voices to come out of Scandinavia. The Wisting series is being adapted for TV by the producers behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Anne Bruce studied Norwegian and English at the University of Glasgow and now lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. She has translated a number of crime novels by Anne Holt and Jorn Lier Horst, including the Petrona-Prize-winning The Caveman and When It Grows Dark, which was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger in 2017.