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Investigator Sofia Kovic has uncovered a connection between several deaths in Oslo over the last year and a half. She tries to call her superior, Alexander Blix, but before Blix has time to return her call, Kovic is shot and killed in her own home. In the apartment below, Blix’s daughter Iselin narrowly escapes becoming the killer’s next victim. Four days later, Blix and online crime journalist Emma Ramm are locked inside an interrogation room, facing the National Criminal Investigation Service.

When the body of an Australian backpacker is found in Spain, an online group of amateur true crime sleuths springs up around the world, attempting to solve the mystery of her death. Foremost on the message boards is Astria, a young Norwegian woman whose feverish pursuit takes her closer than anyone to solving the case. But just as she makes her claim of unravelling the mystery, she goes offline.

Oslo, 2018. Former long-distance runner Sonja Nordstrøm never shows at the launch of her controversial autobiography, Always Number One. When celebrity blogger Emma Ramm visits Nordstrøm’s home later that day, she finds the door unlocked and signs of a struggle inside. A bib with the number one has been pinned to the TV. Police officer Alexander Blix is appointed to head up the missing-persons investigation, but he still bears the emotional scars of a hostage situation 19 years earlier, when he killed the father of a five-year-old girl.

It's been 15 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.

Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter's death, he is being held in one of Norway's high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to humiliate the former police investigator. Outside, Blix's former colleagues are hunting for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is heading north. The only lead established by the police is that Kroos has a friend in Blix's prison ward. And now they need Blix's help.

Twenty-four years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband, Martin, and a mysterious string of numbers scribbled on a piece of paper. Every year on October 9th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack. And visits the husband he was never able to help. But now Martin Haugen is missing too.

Following weeks of heavy rain, the earth comes crumbling down on one of Larvik’s residential areas, burying a handful of houses. Detective William Wisting is quick to join the rescue operation. Luckily, by sunrise the next day, it becomes clear that the landslide has claimed no victims. And yet, just twenty-four hours later, a body is found – and the victim was killed before the landslide. As Wisting opens an investigation into the mysterious murder, he soon discovers this death might have dangerous ties to a series of ongoing cases.

In 1999, 17-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work. Desperate for a conviction the police deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her spurned boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder. But 20 years later William Wisting receives a puzzling letter. It suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone's death and that the real murderer is still out there and could kill again.

William Wisting is in a race against time. When a severed head is found on a stake in the quiet town of Larvik, Police Inspector William Wisting is called in to investigate. The killer is trying to send a message. All roads lead back to the Night Man. As the media closes in on the biggest story of the year, Wisting's journalist daughter Line receives a tip. Soon, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than anyone thought. A criminal network has lodged itself deep into the roots of the city, and it's up to Wisting to take down the elusive and dangerous Night Man.

Two years ago, Alexander Blix was the lead investigator in a missing person's case where a young mother, Elisabeth Eie, had been kidnapped. The case came to a standstill when Blix's own daughter was killed and he was arrested for avenging her. Blix is a now free man again, but Elisabeth's kidnapper has found him, leaving evidence of her murder in Blix's mailbox.

Oslo, New Year’s Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion, and the city is put on terrorist alert. Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, she is identified as the mother of two-year-old Patricia Smeplass, who was kidnapped on her way home from kindergarten 10 years earlier and never found. Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the unsolved case.

After four years behind bars, notorious serial killer Thomas Kerr is ready to talk. And Chief Inspector William Wisting has been waiting to listen. Kerr has finally agreed to lead the police to his final victim's grave. But the expedition goes horribly wrong after his escape deep into the Norwegian forest. Wisting must launch a frantic search to find this cold-blooded killer before he strikes again. But the body of another woman, killed weeks before, has been found. Murdered in the same way as Kerr's victims.

Wenn die eigenen Überzeugungen Leben gefährden. Nach tagelangen Regenfällen kommt es zwischen Larvik und Stavern zu einem folgenreichen Erdrutsch, viele Häuser werden zerstört. Wisting und sein Team richten sofort eine improvisierte Krisenleitstelle ein. Bei Sonnenaufgang des Folgetages sind alle Bewohner ausfindig gemacht, das Unglück forderte wie durch ein Wunder keine Opfer. Da entdecken Helfer unter den Trümmern eine Leiche.

Un cambrioleur cagoulé est retrouvé assassiné dans un chalet du comté de Vestfold, au sud de la Norvège. William Wisting, inspecteur de la police criminelle de Larvik, une ville moyenne située à une centaine de kilomètres d'Oslo, est chargé de l'enquête. Très vite, la situation se complique. Le propriétaire du chalet, un célèbre présentateur de télévision, reste étrangement injoignable. Un homme mystérieux agresse Wisting en pleine nuit et lui vole sa voiture alors qu'il quitte la scène du crime.

Ungemütliche Zeiten für Hauptkommissar William Wisting: Wegen des Vorwurfs, Beweise manipuliert zu haben, wird er vom Dienst suspendiert. Der Fall, um den es geht, liegt schon siebzehn Jahre zurück, gilt aber bis heute als einer der aufsehenerregendsten der Kriminalgeschichte Norwegens. Damals war die junge Cecilia Linde erst verschwunden und wurde dann ermordet aufgefunden.

An Blix' Händen klebt Blut. Doch wo beginnt Gerechtigkeit - und wo hört sie auf? Der dritte Roman der internationalen Bestseller-Reihe aus Norwegen! Eine rätselhafte Mordserie beschäftigt die Ermittlerin Sofia Kovic. Sie zieht ihren Partner Alexander Blix ins Vertrauen - und nur ihn, denn sie fürchtet, die Osloer Polizei könnte eine Rolle in diesem blutigen Spiel einnehmen. Wenig später wird Kovic Opfer eines Mordanschlags und grausam hingerichtet. Hat sie mit ihren Nachforschungen in ein Wespennest gestochen?

Ein Polizist, der nicht mehr ermitteln darf, ist kein guter Polizist, sondern ein wütender! Band 5 der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Reihe um Kommissar Alexander Blix Zwei Monate sind vergangen, seit Alexander Blix vom Vorwurf des vorsätzlichen Mordes freigesprochen wurde. Doch sein Leben liegt in Trümmern: Er kann nie wieder als Polizist arbeiten und fühlt sich, als würde ihn jemand auf Schritt und Tritt verfolgen. Dann wendet sich Blix' dementer Vater an ihn, weil dieser glaubt, jemand versuche, ihn zu vergiften.

Drei, zwei, eins - wenn der Countdown-Mörder zählt, fließt Blut ... Der Auftakt einer neuen Thrillerreihe aus Norwegen. An dem Tag, als die Autorin Sonja Nordstrøm verschwindet, sollte sie zur Premiere ihres Buches "Ewige Erste" erscheinen. Promi-Reporterin Emma Ramm beschließt Nordstrøm zu Hause aufzusuchen. Die imposante Villa ist leer, doch eine am Fernseher angebrachte Zahl weckt Emmas Neugierde: die Nummer Eins.

Nicht nur, dass die Sommerhäuser in einer idyllischen Feriensiedlung am Meer Ziel einer Einbrecherbande werden, es findet sich in einer Hütte auch noch eine grausam verstümmelte Leiche.Für Kommissar William Wisting entwickelt sich dieser Fall zu seiner größten persönlichen Herausforderung. Denn es stellt sich heraus, dass seine Tochter Line, eine Kriminalreporterin, in die Geschichte involviert ist. Offensichtlich hat sie sich mit dem falschen Mann eingelassen.

Kommissar William Wisting holt jedes Jahr am 10. Oktober die Fallakte "Katharina Haugen" hervor, der erste Fall, an dem er 24 Jahre zuvor als Polizeianwärter mitwirkte. Das Verschwinden der jungen Frau, die einen rätselhaften Code hinterließ, wurde nie aufgeklärt. Wisting glaubt an ein Verbrechen - und plötzlich ergibt sich eine neue Spur... Der erste Fall der sensationellen "Cold Case"-Serie mit Kommissar Wisting!