Tørt land Dry Land
William Wisting #17
A harsh winter caused significant damage to the dam gates in Farrisvannet, and before summer, the water was drained for repairs. In the intense summer heat, the remaining water level drops rapidly, and the idyllic lake transforms into a barren wasteland.
A young man who has been missing for eight years is found with his hand taped to the handlebars of a motorcycle. On the other side of the lake, retiree Evert Harting examines the dry lakebed with a metal detector and discovers the belongings of a girl who disappeared without a trace from a campsite in Sweden four years ago. Wisting handles both cases, and more secrets come to light—in a landscape that will soon return to its natural state
Reviews
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“The novel has a nerve, a sense of painful reality and what it does to people, which makes it extra intense./…/ It’s hard to put down.”
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“Once again, author Jørn Lier Horst impresses. Time and time again, he shows a great capacity for renewal – which is well done after 18 novels about the policeman William Wisting. (…) Jørn Lier Horst knows his trade with a background in the police, and he is able to surprise with strange – but very believable plots. /…/ True Crime is a genre that the former policeman masters at this point. (…) the book is unbearably exciting.”
- Author
- Jørn Lier Horst
- Published
- 2024
- Genre
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- Crime
- Pages
- 329
- Reading material
Norwegian edition
- Rights sold
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Czech Republic, Zlin
Denmark, Modtryk
Estonia, Eesti Ramat
Finland, Otava
Germany, Piper
Norway, Bonnier Norsk
Poland, Smak Slowa
Slovakia, Premedia
Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
UK, Michael Joseph
Ukraine, Nora-Druk