#BlogTour ‘The Inner Darkness’ by Jorn Lier Horst trans Anne Bruce

About the book…

After four years behind bars, notorious serial killer Tom Kerr is ready to talk.
And Chief Inspector William Wisting is waiting to listen.

Kerr has finally agreed to lead the police to his final victim’s grave. But the expedition goes horribly wrong when he escapes 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 Kerr’s escape, has been found. Murdered in the same way as his victims.

Is there a copycat killer on the loose?

Has Kerr become a twisted role model for a second killer?

And, if so, what might happen if master and apprentice unite?

As the clock counts down to the next murder, Wisting must put everything on the line to stop a terrifying evil before it strikes again . . .

Many thanks to Chrissie at Michael Joseph Books for the blog tour invite and gifted review copy of ‘The Inner Darkness’ which is published in hardcover and ebook formats.

This is not a book for the faint of heart, the violence done to the victims of Tom Kerr are enough to keep you awake at night, which is the intended aim as the serial killer somehow escapes police custody, in spite of the safety measures taken by all parties concerned.

Ostensibly finally willing to reveal the resting place of the third young woman that he brutally killed, he has been driven in a convoy with leg irons and handcuffs to a remote location where the jurisdiction of two police forces overlap, bringing Wisting into play.

On the demands of his lawyer, no guns were allowed to the be brought on the convoy and the resulting escape is, it is felt, because of this as first, Kerr manages to get his irons removed and secondly, escape. But who was it that helped him? Is it true that as Wisting has long suspected, there was an unknown accomplice?

As the news permeates the media and public and police alike are baying for someone’s head on a stick for this outrageous mistake, the film which Wisting’s daughter,Line, took of the expedition yields vital clues to what has happened whilst the possibility of a co-conspirator who has been continuing Kerr’s work whilst imprisoned, becomes ever more viable.

Truly shocking, with a killer on the loose, the short chapters make the pace and the pulse quicken as you keenly turn the pages, willing Wisting and his team on to bring Kerr down. The larger picture, of course, is that the operational oversights in the form of placing Kerr’s human rights above that of the victim, meant that this was an exercise in getting free.

With your heart in your mouth the pages blur by as you embrace the chilly, cold countryside which reflects the mood of the police teams, the lawyers and the politicians who have to save their arguing and investigations until they can bring Kerr down.

A truly unforgettable criminal encased within a police procedural novel which has all the classic elements of Nordic noir, this is a perfect read for those who like their thrillers extra cold and darkly twisting.

About the author…

Jørn Lier Horst is one of Norway’s most experienced police investigators, but also one of Scandinavia’s most successful crime writers.

He writes engaging and intelligent crime novels that offer an uncommonly detailed and realistic insight into the way serious crimes are investigated, as well as how both police and press work.

His literary awards include the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, the Riverton Prize (Golden Revolver), the Scandinavian Glass Key and the prestigious Martin Beck Award.

Twitter @LierHorst @MichaelJBooks

Translator- Anne Bruce

Anne Bruce has degrees in Norwegian and English from Glasgow University covering both Nynorsk and Bokmål, classic and modern texts, written and spoken Norwegian, as well as Old Norse, Icelandic, Swedish, and Danish.

She has traveled extensively throughout Scandinavia on lecture and study visits, and undertaken translation and interpretation for visiting groups from Norway.

She has translated Wencke Mühleisen’s I Should Have Lifted You Carefully Over, Jørn Lier Horst’s Dregs, and Anne Holt’s Blessed Are Those Who Thirst.

Links-https://booksfromnorway.com/translators/34-anne-bruce