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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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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.

And so is Katharina´s husband.

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

J›rn Lier Horst is one of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today´ The Sunday Times

´A well-crafted, atmospheric, character-driven thriller- I couldn´t put it down!´ Alex Dahl, author of The Boy At The Door

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A good Nordic police procedural with well-drawn characters Choice Magazine

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Horst, J›rn Lier

Having worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer, J›rn Lier Horst 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 has been adapted for TV by the producers behind Wallander and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Horst´s previous William Wisting novel, The Katharina Code, won the prestigious 2019 Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel as well as the Nordic Noir Thriller of the Year in 2018 and was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award.

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