SO – as a hard-core fan of mystery, thrillers and all things where I’m trying to figure out who the bad guy is and how to stop them, I rifle through Netflix and Amazon Prime as well as the world of books. I suspect you do the same.
For the build of suspense and the sheer tension of sharply conflicted characters, experience WISTING. You will be rewarded. Dialogue is spare but effective. You get the profile of each character clearly within seconds of introduction. You’re wary of them all. No, they’re not the perps but you instantly recognize there are hidden agendas – subtle but potentially contrary to
cooperative detecting.
Just as the folk you work with yourself, you’re going to feel that push back from those who see the situation through a different lens and want to impose their approach on the case at hand. Yes, sometimes, you’ll see that studied frozen stare of recognition and think “deer in the headlights?” Just keep going.
True thriller storylines unwind across the magnificent Norwegian landscape. The two series on ACORN TV are based on novels by former police detective Jorn Lier Horst. His Detective Chief Inspector, William Wisting, is played by Sven Nordin. You may have seen him before in Valkyrien and Lilyhammer.
Wisting is head of homicide at Larvik police station, a small town just outside Oslo. Series one is comprised of 10 episodes, telling two stories which have been adapted from Lier Horst’s novels The Caveman and The Hunting Dogs – with five episodes
apiece.
Watch the trailer. Decide for yourself. I’m betting you’ll opt in.
