The Night Man: The pulse-racing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller now a major BBC4 show

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The Night Man, the inspiration for the second BBC Four series, Wisting, sees J rn Lier Horst tackle his darkest subject matter yet When a severed head is found on a stake William Wisting is called in to investigate. As the media closes in on the biggest story of the year, Wisting's journalist daughter Line receives a tip. Soon, it becomes clear there is more to this case than anyone thought. A criminal network has lodged itself deep into the city's roots and it's up to Wisting to take down the elusive and dangerous Night Man. But hunting down The Night Man will take everything Wisting has, and it's all too easy for the hunter to become the prey . . .

J rn Lier Horst (Author) J RN 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 two million copies in his native Norway alone and he's published in twenty-six languages. The Wisting series, produced by the team behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was a hit BBC series in 2019 with a second series due to air soon. Anne Bruce (Translator) 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.

It's fascinating to see Horst flesh out his protagonist Wisting at an early stage in his career . . . Nor is it hard to see why the series quickly became so popular * Sunday Times * Praise for Jorn Lier Horst * ; * Tense, fast-paced . . . compelling * Sunday Times * Relentlessly exciting . . . creates a sense of real menace * The Times * Jorn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised * Yrsa Sigurdardottir * One of the very best novels that [Lier Horst] has ever written . . . Thrilling. Jorn Lier Horst elevates his and Wisting's universe to a whole other level * Nettavisen, Norway * Atmospheric. Demonstrates why he has become so popular . . . A powerful portrait of a barbaric criminal underworld that exploits society's most vulnerable * Herald *