The Caveman

The inspiration for thrilling BBC TV show Wisting, from the producers behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

For four months a body sat undiscovered just a few doors from the home of Chief Inspector William Wisting.

Viggo Hansen was a man nobody ever noticed, even though he lived in a close-knit community. His death goes largely unreported, but catches the attention of Wisting's journalist daughter, Line. She decides to find out who this nondescript man really was.

While Line’s research has her digging deep into the dead man’s past, Wisting is forced into the present as the body of another man is found in the forest.

Wisting suspects a serial killer is at work – but his investigation only raises more questions. For how long has this killer been active, and across how many countries?

When the CIA get involved, the stakes rise - culminating in a deadly race against time.

The Caveman by Jorn Lier Horst is the gripping sequel to The Hunting Dogs, the award-winning title that inspired the BBC TV show Wisting.

Winner of The Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel

Get your next Scandi crime fix from number one bestselling author Jorn Lier Horst.

Praise for the multi-award-winning William Wisting Mysteries:
'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers.'-The Times
'Solid, satisfying police procedurals.'-The Sunday Times
'Plotting reigns supreme.'-Financial Times
'Gripping and well executed.' -The Herald
'Immensely impressive.'-Barry Forshaw
'A masterpiece of storytelling.'-Lin Anderson

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 Larvik, eventually becoming head of investigations there. His William Wisting series of crime novels has been extremely successful, having sold more than 500,000 copies in Scandinavia, UK, Germany, Netherlands and Thailand. 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. Closed for Winter was also shortlisted for the prestigious Riverton Prize or The Golden Revolver, for best Norwegian crime novel of the year. 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.

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