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Investigating a murder case with an unknown perpetrator was like picking the label off a beer bottle. It was never possible to remove it in one piece. Instead it had to be torn off one ragged little section at a time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is the second book<\/strong> available in English, in Jorn Lier Horst\u2019s William Wisting police procedural series, set in Norway. In Closed For Winter<\/a><\/em>, Wisting\u2019s daughter Line, a journalist, has broken up with her slightly shady boyfriend, and is spending time at her father\u2019s seaside cottage. While she\u2019s there, the police are called to a cottage not far away. Several cottages have been broken into and robbed, but in one of them a dead body has been found. The victim has been shot and bludgeoned, and he\u2019s found wearing a balaclava over his face. An ambulance comes to remove the body, but it gets hijacked and set on fire. Then a second gunshot victim is found dead in a beached boat.<\/p>\n
As Inspector Wisting and his team try to identify the dead and figure out what\u2019s going on, they are also concerned with rumors of tensions among criminal gangs and the plans (revealed by an informant) of a particular gang to rob a bank vault. The plot tension rises constantly, and there are a couple very neat surprises at the end.<\/p>\n
I liked Closed For Winter<\/em>. It didn\u2019t have the ordinary feel of Scandinavian Noir. There\u2019s a strong dose of compassion for people forced into crime by poverty, balanced with a steadfast defense of the law. These are character-driven stories, and that pleases me.<\/p>\n
Recommended. Cautions for language and mature subject matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Investigating a murder case with an unknown perpetrator was like picking the label off a beer bottle. It was never possible to remove it in one piece. Instead it had to be torn off one ragged little section at a time. This is the second book available in English, in Jorn Lier Horst\u2019s William Wisting … Continue reading ‘Closed For Winter,’ by Jorn Lier Horst<\/span>