THE PULSE-RAISING NEW WISTING NOVEL FROM 10 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER JØRN LIER HORST, NOW A MAJOR BBC 4 TV SHOW'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMES'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' SUNDAY TIMESA BODY IN THE LAKE. A HEAD ON A STAKE . . ._________Gruesome happenings in the quiet town of Larvik. Only one man is capable of solving them: Chief Inspector William Wisting.Before long, more bodies are found. Media frenzy sweeps the locals into panic. And when Wisting's investigation leads him to a deadly underground crime ring, he fears the whole town may be in danger.But at the heart of it is the gang's elusive leader: The Night Man.Who Wisting must find if he wants to stop the murders.That is, if The Night Man doesn't get to him first . . ._________Praise for Jørn Lier Horst'Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas' New York Times'Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized' Yrsa Sigurdardóttir 'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times