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Jorn Lier Horst

Jorn Lier Horst

Jorn Lier Horst is a former Senior Investigating Officer in the Norwegian police force. He made his debut as a crime writer in 2004 and is now considered one of the foremost Nordic crime writers. His William Wisting series has been extremely successful, having sold more than 1 million copies in Norway alone. The series has been translated into thirty languages.

Already loved by crime connoisseurs everywhere, two of the books from Jorn Lier Horst’s William Wisting crime series have been launched onto the world stage in spectacular fashion, in a critically acclaimed new BBC drama from the team behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Wisting is now showing on BBC Four, and is available on BBC iPlayer.

The William Wisting Mysteries are available online and from all good bookshops.

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Easter Crime: Ebooks for 99p

We're celebrating the Norwegian Easter tradition of Påskekrim (find out more about it in our previous blog post)! To mark the occasion, all our paperback crime fiction is on sale...

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Easter Crime: a Norwegian reading phenomenon

In Britain, mention of Easter will evoke thoughts of chocolate eggs, bunnies, and perhaps even church. In Norway, though, the link between Easter and crime fiction is so strong that...