The Katharina Code (The Cold Case Quartet)

Horst, Jørn Lier

ISBN 10: 1668076071 / ISBN 13: 9781668076071

Published by Scribner Canada (edition Reprint), 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Katharina Code (The Cold Case Quartet)
• Publisher: Scribner Canada (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1668076071
• ISBN 13: 9781668076071
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Set between the icy streets and dark forests of Norway, a heart-stopping story of one man’s obsession with his coldest case, by “one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today” (The Sunday Times, London).

Katharina went missing twenty-four years ago. Each year on the anniversary of her disappearance, Chief Inspector William Wisting rereads her files, searching for the answer he could never find; the code he could never solve. And he visits Katharina’s husband, Martin Haugen, the brokenhearted man he could never help.

Until now.

This year is different. Another woman is missing under similar circumstances. But so is Katharina’s husband. Wisting has to find him, but is he rescuing a dear old friend or playing a deadly game with a killer?

A brilliantly understated crime novel that examines the long-term costs of lying to ourselves and each other through an atmospheric psychological game of cat-and-mouse.

About the Author

Jørn Lier Horst worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer, establishing himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. He writes engaging and intelligent crime novels that offer an uncommonly detailed and realistic insight into the way serious crimes are investigated, as well as how both police and press work. His books have sold over two million copies in his native Norway alone and he’s published in twenty-six languages. His literary awards include the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, the Riverton Prize (Golden Revolver), the Scandinavian Glass Key, and the prestigious Martin Beck Award.