The Cabin by Jørn Lier Horst is a fantastic and thrilling police procedural. The author is a former senior investigator with the Norwegian police and the characters and scenario are realistic while still being sensational. Detective William Wisting has invited his journalist daughter Line into an investigation that starts off about boxes of money found in the cabin of a recently deceased politician and ends up being intertwined with a missing-person cold case from 15 years ago and an airport heist. There are thugs, late-night break and enters, prison confessions, leads that lead nowhere, financial intrigue, and great intuitive policing and investigation.
Nordic Noir or Norwegian crime thrillers are known for their sense of atmosphere, psychological drama, and story twists and turns. The Cabin delivers! I’m now keen to read more of Jørn Lier Horst’s work, especially The Katharina Code and other titles in the Wisting series.
My mom is a big Jo Nesbø fan (Harry Hole series) and I enjoyed Swedish author Stieg Larson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But from the blurbs, I’ve discovered a number of excellent Scandinavian crime thrillers worth exploring beyond Jo Nesbø, including Karin Fossum (Inspector Sejer series), Alex Dahl (Girl Friends and Cabin Fever) and Gunnar Staalesen (Varg Veum series).
If you’re a fan of modern crime thrillers, then The Cabin is a page turner.
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