Reviews

• “Horst, a former cop, proves once again that procedurals can be relentlessly exciting. He creates a sense of real menace as the killer continues to elude capture with the help of an accomplice known only as The Other One. The identity of this cunning sadist comes as a complete surprise.”

• “Effectively written. /…/ The prose is capable and confident.”

• “Jørn Lier Horst crafts one excellent crime fiction after another. The question is if The Inner Darkness isn’t the best to date. /…/ Lier Horst simply gets better and better in terms of prose. His economic language guarantees that there’s hardly an excessive word in all 360 pages – pages that fly by at a rapid pace as it’s very difficult to put the book down before your eyes glide shut. The story, featuring the fascinating and bestial mass murderer Tom Kerr in a lead role, is both diabolic and highly realistic. Lier Horst has conducted some incredibly high-level psychological research, and paired with his background within the police which lends the story both credibility and believability, the result is crime fiction art of the highest order.”

• “Tense. /…/ Fast-paced. /…/ [Jørn Lier Horst’s] latest is as compelling as anything he has written.”

• “Norway’s most reliable crime writer offers up evil and suspense. /…/ Well-written, balanced and harrowing.”

• “Whenever I read procedurals by Norwegian Jørn Lier Horst, I feel as if I’ve become a colleague of his seasoned detective, William Wisting. /…/ Evocative and believable.”

• “The suspense soars to horror levels.”

• “Pure evil in a solid Wisting crime novel. /…./ Jørn Lier Horst delivers credible crime fiction as always.”

• “With The Inner Darkness, Jørn Lier Horst claims the number one spot on the winner’s podium. /…/ The Inner Darkness is the most brutal and ruthless novel penned by Horst to date. A ruthlessness that Horst delivers with elegance. /…/ The interplay between father and daughter, the police man and the journalist, is once again brilliantly portrayed.”

• “Nerve-racking. /…/ The novel is incredibly thrilling and Lier Horst narrates the plot closely and with humanity. Another blessing of Horst’s writing is that he spares the reader various chronological and literary device leaps. It’s simply put a joy to read a story that begins with the beginning, and ends with the end.”

• “With crime novel The Inner Darkness Jørn Lier Horst breathes new life into the whole William Wisting suite. /…/ The puzzle pieces fall into place, and the way to the conclusion and reveal is intensely dramatic.”

• “The ominous atmosphere thickens and the temperature rises, slowly but surely. Solid as a rock, upright in the face of the storm, Wisting clings to his mission. The guilt attributed to him undermines and motivates [Wisting] at the same time, giving the author a renewed opportunity to demonstrate his irrefutable abilities to incorporate the often contradictory feelings at the center of a powerful and gripping story. ”

• “A new mystery with William Wisting is always a great time. /…/ [A] skillful and fine novel, which knows how to get rid of the clichés to weave an effective, tense and very well-crafted narrative. /…/ An ideal series for the summer. ”