MARTIN BECK AWARD 2014

Jǿrn Lier Horst, former Norwegian police investigator, has won the 2014 Martin Beck Award for The Hunting Dogs (Sandstone Press), his third English-translated police procedural starring William Wisting.

The Martin Beck Award is presented annually by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) for the best crime novel in translation. Last year, The Hunting Dogs won the Glass Key Award from the Crime Writers of Scandinavia.

HT: The Rap Sheet