The Lake

Due to the long hot summer, the water level in Lake Farris has fallen to an all-time low uncovering many hidden secrets. The body of a young man is discovered, missing after raping his neighbours daughter, and so is a mysterious safe. On the other side of the lake a holidaymaker is suspicious when he finds a necklace that might have belonged to a missing Swedish teenager. Wisting finds himself trying to link or solve a series of crimes.
Wisting is probably my favourite Scandi-detective because Horst and his translator do such a good job of writing calm and measured prose about crime, avoiding sensationalism and 'heroism' and just focusing on a good story and interesting characters. This is no exception, the interlinked stories are about show more horrible crimes but nothing is overdramatised. Wisting is consistent in his approaches and thinking and there is enough to make the reader fill in the gaps. A masterpiece of its genre. show less