The Traitor
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  • Published: 6 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405950237
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

The Traitor

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6 May 2025
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21 Nov 2024
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21 Nov 2024
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Detective William Wisting is back in this captivating, atmospheric new thriller from Norway's most successful thriller writer, Jørn Lier Horst

Following weeks of heavy rain, the earth comes sliding down on one of Larvik’s residential areas, burying a handful of houses.

Detective William Wisting is quick to join the rescue operation. Luckily, by sunrise the next day, it becomes clear that the landslide has claimed no victims.

And yet, just twenty-four hours later, a body is found – a victim who was killed before the landslide.

As Wisting opens an investigation into the mysterious murder, he soon discovers this death might have dangerous ties to a series of ongoing cases.

And the clues start leading Wisting not towards an enemy on the outside – but to a traitor in his own unit…
  • Published: 6 May 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405950237
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Jørn Lier Horst

Jørn Lier Horst worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer and has established himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. His books have sold over two million copies in his native Norway alone and he's published in twenty-six languages.

The Wisting series, produced by the team behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was a hit BBC series in 2019 with a second series due to air soon.

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Praise for The Traitor

Praise for Jørn Lier Horst

Tense, fast-paced...compelling

Sunday Times

Relentlessly exciting...creates a sense of real menace

The Times

Atmospheric

Herald

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

Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden’s Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas

New York Times

Compelling, original and suspenseful

Kathy Reichs

Spare prose, elegant structure, and a masterful layering of secrets and suspense. Brilliant!

Daniel Kalla

A powerful must read

Samantha M. Bailey

A spare, sparse thriller that slips down very easily. Perfect weekend reading

Herald
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