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The Katharina code / Jørn Lier Horst ; translated from the Norwegian by Anne Bruce.
Twenty-four years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers written on a piece of paper. Every year on October 10th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack. And visits the husband he was never able to help. But now Martin Haugen is missing too. And the police force is convinced he's involved in another disappearance of a young woman and asks Wisting to close the net around Martin. But is he playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668211984 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 458 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition: Scribner Canada edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A cold case. A new lead. Fresh hope or a killer's twisted game?"--Cover. Originally published in hardcover: London : Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018. Originally published in Norwegian: Oslo : Gyldendal, 2017. Translation of: Katharina-koden. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Norwegian. |
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| Subject: | Wisting, William (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction. Husbands > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Police > Norway > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | PB Horst | 31681010435758 | PBK MYS | Checked out | 01/02/2026 |
- Simon and Schuster
Set between the icy streets and dark forests of Norway, a heart-stopping story of one manâs obsession with his coldest case, by âone of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing todayâ (The Sunday Times, London).
Katharina went missing twenty-four years ago. Each year on the anniversary of her disappearance, Chief Inspector William Wisting rereads her files, searching for the answer he could never find; the code he could never solve. And he visits Katharinaâs husband, Martin Haugen, the brokenhearted man he could never help.
Until now.
This year is different. Another woman is missing under similar circumstances. But so is Katharinaâs husband. Wisting has to find him, but is he rescuing a dear old friend or playing a deadly game with a killer?
A brilliantly understated crime novel that examines the long-term costs of lying to ourselves and each other through an atmospheric psychological game of cat-and-mouse.
