It’s ok, there are some issues for me (cash in the basement for a start !!) however it does go into great detail about how an investigation of this type may be tackled and might unfurl - you can tell the writer is a former policeman.

Well crafted characters with some lovely domestic touches, I’m not sure the daughter would be quite so involved but it’s fiction so let it roll.

A little slow for me, really well translated and worth a read

Thank you to netgalley and Michael Joseph for the opportunity to read this book.
It's been fifteen years since Simon Meier walked out of his house, never to be seen again.
And just one day since politician Bernard Clausen was found dead at his cabin on the Norwegian coast.
When Chief Inspector William Wisting is asked to investigate, he soon discovers he may have found the key to solving Meier's disappearance.
But doing so means he must work with an old adversary to piece together what really happened all those years ago.
It's a puzzle that leads them into a dark underworld on the trail of Clausen's interests and vices. A shady place from which they may never emerge - especially when he finds it leads closer to home than he ever could have imagined.
This was a really good well written book and did not disappoint. Well worth a read and 5 stars.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Michael Joseph for a review copy of The Cabin, the second novel in a quartet of cold case investigations to feature Norwegian detective William Wisting.

When politician Bernhardt Clausen dies something strange is found in his summer cabin. Wisting is asked to undertake a confidential investigation into this find but soon finds himself widening his investigation when he finds links to the fifteen year old disappearance of local man Simon Meier.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Cabin which has an interesting and unusual premise and a detailed, logical plot. The novel is told mostly from Wisting and his daughter Line’s points of views but as she’s been co-opted in to the investigation this divided approach is not distracting but rather gives the reader a wider perspective of events. It works well. I have been reading this series ever since I picked up Dregs to try and I love the matter of fact tone and the solid, almost mesmerising, building of the case. I think you would be hard pushed to find a better police procedural series.

This is not a high octane thriller but a slow burning, methodical accumulation of facts and evidence that I find fascinating and engrossing. It starts with one unusual event and quickly widens into something much bigger with each avenue of investigation playing its part in developing the story of an old crime and its ramifications. It’s clever, detailed and obviously involved a lot of planning.

With such a detailed plot characterisation isn’t such a high priority. Wisting is drawn in the old fashioned way, more a catalyst in the investigation than a character. He is a fond father and grandfather and a smart, logical detective but that’s about all there is to say about him. Line Wisting is the strong character as a freelance journalist and single mother. She has more worries and issues.

The Cabin is a great read which I have no hesitation in recommending.

William Wisting is a well-constructed character, open to the world, but also to his daughter and grand-daughter. This book confirms Horst's ability to keep a lot of balls in the air and an ability to deal with huge amounts of money left in cardboard boxes in a politician's cabin. A good thing he and his squad can stash the money elsewhere, since the cabin in the wood is fired-bombed next day. There's a dark Norwegian background behind what they're seeing, and a light shines on a variety of high-level politicians. I'm writing this in England, with Boris Johnson newly Prime minister. I'd rather be in Norway.