Joona Linna Crime Series Books 1 and 2: The Hypnotist, The Nightmare

Joona Linna Crime Series Books 1 and 2: The Hypnotist, The Nightmare
Lars Kepler

The first two thrillers in the international bestselling Joona Linna series by Lars Kepler including an exclusive preview of the third thriller The Fire Witness.The HypnotistDetective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He’s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock. With a killer on the run and Linna running out of time, a hypnotist who vowed never to practice again is brought in to the investigation unfurling a terrifying chain of events.The NightmareThe lifeless body of a young woman is discovered on an abandoned boat.A man is found hanging alone in his apartment.The question for Detective Inspector Joona Linna: suicide or murder?Only four people know the answer. And one man wants them dead.Can Linna keep them alive long enough to find out the truth?

Lars Kepler 2-book bundle

THE HYPNOTIST

THE NIGHTMARE

Lars Kepler

Table of Contents

Title Page (#ue6849882-fff9-55e1-b39d-1766125618f8)

The Hypnotist (#u995ae9c3-348b-5bcd-8253-9496722cccf0)

The Nightmare (#u5faade88-63e3-5c87-8bd1-14e04fecc032)

Exclusive Extract from Lars Kepler’s Third Joona Linna Thriller (#uc96f0071-2911-5ff6-9cb5-e3b46b6a1687)

About the Author (#u65858992-a05a-5b67-8e06-767833c8a941)

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THE

HYPNOTIST

LARS KEPLER

Translated from the Swedish by Ann Long

International praise for The Hypnotist:

‘Ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness. It’s stunning’

Daily Mail

‘One of the best – if not the best – Scandinavian crime thrillers I’ve read’

Sam Baker, Red

‘A creepy and compulsive crime thriller’

Mo Hayder

‘Intelligent, original and chilling’

Simon Beckett

‘Mesmerizing … a bad dream that takes hold and won't let go’

Wall Street Journal

‘Crammed with memorable characters and well-crafted subplots’

The Sunday Times

‘Grips you round the throat until the final twist’

Woman & Home

‘A serious, disturbing, highly readable novel that is finally a meditation on evil’

Washington Post

‘A rollercoaster ride of a thriller full of striking twists’

Mail on Sunday

‘Riddled with irresistible, nail-biting suspense, this first-class Scandinavian thriller is one of the best I’ve ever read’

Australian Women’s Weekly

‘Lars Kepler enthralls readers with The Hypnotist, just like Stieg Larsson did with the Millennium series’

Norrköpings Tidningar, Sweden

‘A breathtaking thriller, which uncovers the many unpleasant sides of the human psyche. He opens the door to a human abyss’

Borås Tidning, Sweden

‘The cracking pace and absorbing story mean it cannot be missed’

Courier Mail, Australia

‘As Nordic thrillers go, it doesn’t get more delightfully dark and existentially, satisfyingly murky than The Hypnotist’

Boston Globe

‘Far more energetic than Henning Mankell, as socially involved as Larsson but a better writer, Kepler matches the great Jo Nesbo for gothic excitement’

Weekend Australian

‘An horrific and original read’

Sun

‘Creepy and addictive’

She

‘Brilliant, well written and very satisfying. A superb thriller’

De Telegraaf, Netherlands

‘[An] outstanding thriller debut’

Publishers Weekly

‘Utterly outstanding’

Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Denmark