The caveman (William Wisting Mystery)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (628 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00RKPCFKQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 126 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Publishers Weekly . "If you haven't already, introduce yourself to Norway's Chief Inspector William Wisting - you'll warm to home even though his patch can get pretty cold." --The Sunday SportA richly detailed narrative, morally complex characters, and a deeply contemplative, philosophical undertone make this a superior example of Scandinavian crime fiction
There are no indications that anything criminal has taken place. His death doesn't hit the headlines, but there is something about the case that catches the attention of William Wisting's journalist daWhile Line embarks on her investigations, the police are notified about another death. The only thing that can hinder the police in their work, is the media finding out what's brewinghter, Line, and she decides to write a newspaper article with a different twist for the festive season: the portrait of a completely anonymous and obscure person whose death goes unremarked and unmourned.. Viggo Hansen was a man nobody ever noticed, even though he lived in the midst of a close-knit community. An extremely unexpected discovery on the dead body triggers one of the most extensive manhunts in Norwegian police history. Only three houses away from the policeman's home, a man has been sitting dead in front of his television set for four months. A male corpse has been found in a forest clearing, and it appears that he has lain there for quite some time
Binge Watching The word "caveman" might inspire images of everything from an early human to the funny Fred Flintstone. Well, there's nothing funny about the sort of caveman depicted in this novel: a criminal who seeks to evade the police by assuming the identity of a person who will not be missed. That is, the person. One Star I did not like it. To dreadful.. Red Herrings A'Plenty John Pier Horst continues to bring quality work to what I refer to as The Scandinavian Mystery Thriller genre. Without giving away any of the plot, Wisting and his daughter Line are investigating two unrelated deaths, his search for one man's killer and hers, as a journalist, to write an article about
In 2013 The Hunting Dogs, successor to Closed for Winter won both the Golden Revolver and The Glass Key, which widened the scope to best crime fiction in all the Nordic countries. Dregs, sixth in the series, was published in English by Sandstone Press in 2011, and Closed for Winter, winner of Norway's Booksellers' Prize, in 2012. Jorn Lier Horst was born in 1970, in Bamble, Telemark, Norway. Between 1995 and 2013, when he turned to full time writing, he worked as a policeman in Larv