It happened in the quiet town of Larvik. A severed head displayed on a stake. A crime so dark only one man can solve it- Police Inspector William Wisting. Soon more bodies are found. Media frenzy panics the locals. And when Wisting's investigation leads him to a deadly underground crime ring, he fears the whole town may be in danger. But at the heart of it is just one man- The Night Man. The man Wisting must find if he wants to stop the murders. That is, if The Night Man doesn't get to him first . . .