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A Question of Guilt

The heart-pounding new novel from the No. 1 bestseller

Jørn Lier Horst author Anne Bruce translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:25th Nov '21

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The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst

INSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING

'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMES

A killer caught. A murder sentence served. But did they arrest the wrong man?
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In 1999, seventeen-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work.

The police - desperate for a quick conviction - deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her embittered ex-boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder.

Her family was able to grieve. The public felt justice had been done. The streets were safe again.

But twenty years later, William Wisting receives an anonymous letter suggesting that the wrong man was convicted, and worse yet: the real murderer is still out there.

Thrown into a terrifying race against time, Wisting must find the sender and catch the real killer before they strike again.

But nothing is as it seems. And as Wisting disappears further into a dark past of secrets, lies and murder, his own life is threatened . . .

Can he find Tone's true killer before it's too late?

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

Praise for Jørn Lier Horst * : *
Tense, fast-paced . . . compelling * Sunday Times *
Relentlessly exciting . . . creates a sense of real menace * The Times *
Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised * Yrsa Sigurðardóttir *
Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers * The Times *
Praise for A Question of Guilt * : *
A well-written and intensely thrilling story * Tvedestrandsposten, Norway *
Horst both knows how to craft a good plot and to make the lines all come together * Verdens Gang, Norway *
Horst is a craftsman, and at his best a truly masterful writer of crime novels * Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway *
Jørn Lier Horst is back with one of the best books in the Wisting series * Dagsavisen, Norway *

ISBN: 9780241389591

Dimensions: 240mm x 162mm x 36mm

Weight: 629g

400 pages