Lars Kepler

kriminalroman

Stalker

Two brilliant police agents must hold fast to their sanity to beat a manipulative serial killer at his own game and rescue a girl who went missing thirteen years earlier.

The Sandman

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 15 MILLION COPIES OF THE SERIES SOLD WORLDWIDE The eighth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Seventeen-year-old Jenny is abducted in broad daylight and taken to a dilapidated, isolated house where she is chained and caged along with several other girls. Their captor is unpredictable, and as wily as he is cruel: he foils every one of their desperate attempts to escape . . . and once caught, they rarely survive their punishment. Five years later, Jenny is found dead in a public park, and the police are scrambling to find a lead among the scant evidence. But Detective Joona Linna realizes that this murder has an eerie connection to a death that was declared a suicide years before. When Mia, a seventeen-year-old orphan, goes missing, it becomes clear to Joona that they are dealing with a serial killer--whose murderous rampage has just begun. As the police close in on the killer, Mia and her fellow captives are plunged into ever greater danger, and Joona finds himself in a seemingly impossible race against time to save their young lives.

The Mirror Man

"Kepler provides a master class in noir."--The Boston Globe A drowned young woman is discovered on an abandoned pleasure boat drifting by the Stockholm archipelago---strangely, her clothes are dry. The next day in Stockholm, a man turns up dead, hanging from a lamp hook inside his completely bare apartment---but how could he have hung himself with no furniture to climb upon? As Detective Inspector Joona Linna begins to piece together the two mysteries, he discovers that they are a mere prelude to a dizzying and dangerous course of events. From the internationally bestselling author of The Hypnotist comes The Nightmare, another spellbinding tale of Nordic crime.

A Novel

The Nightmare

Birgittagården er en institution for unge kvinder med destruktiv opførsel. En mørk efterårsnat bliver en af kvinderne myrdet på institutionens isoleringsafsnit. Hun findes på briksen med hænderne for øjnene. Ingen har set noget. Joona Linna tager til Birgittagården og er snart indblandet i den mærkeligste mordgåde, han nogensinde er stødt på

Eldvittnet

Joona Linna 7

Sometimes the past won't stay buried. A mysterious killer is brutally murdering Europe's most loathsome criminals. When police discover that two of the victims have disturbing connections to Detective Joona Linna, it's clear that somebody's trying to send him a message. As the body count rises, the evidence seems to point to a ghost from Joona's past . . . the most terrifying villain he's ever had to face.

Lazarus

Et forældrepar og en lille datter slagtes brutalt, mens sønnen i familien overlever forbrydelsen med svære skader. Der findes en ældre datter, og kriminalkommisær Joona Linna indser vigtigheden af at finde hende, inden morderen gør. Der tilkaldes en hypnotisør for at bringe den skadede søn i stand til at fortælle om mordet. Hypnotisøren har afgivet et gammelt løfte om aldrig mere at hypnotisere, og en skræmmende kæde af hændelser tager sin begyndelse

Hypnotisören

Krimi. Da Mikael, som er erklæret død, pludselig dukker op, bliver politiet nødt til at genåbne den gamle sag med seriemorderen Jurek Walter. Hvorfor bliver Mikael løsladt, og hvem har holdt ham fanget? En skræmmende sag som får mange konsekvenser for Joona Linna

Sandmannen

The latest internationally best-selling installment in the Joona Linna series sees him temporarily called back to the police force to solve a series of bizarre and increasingly horrifying murders. Detective Joona Linna is finishing out a sentence at Kumla prison for assaulting an officer in the course of his last investigation when he is summoned to a meeting with the Swedish prime minister. The foreign minister has been brutally murdered. There's a chance more political figures could be targeted. The police need Linna to find the killer and neutralize the threat, so he's granted a temporary release from prison. But when another murder occurs, Linna realizes he's dealing with something far more complex, and far more terrifying, than anyone imagined. As the body count grows, Linna begins to understand that he can't do this alone and he reaches out to Saga Bauer, the young security police detective, for help. Now, together, the two race against time to unravel the killer's intricate plan before he can take his ultimate revenge.

The Rabbit Hunter

O executor

Erik Maria Bark é o mais famoso hipnotista da Suécia. Acusado de falta de ética, e com o casamento à beira do colapso, jurou publicamente nunca mais praticar a hipnose nos seus pacientes e há dez anos que se mantém fiel à sua promessa. Em Estocolmo, uma família é brutalmente assassinada e a única testemunha está internada no hospital em estado de choque; Josef Ek, de apenas 15 anos, presenciou o massacre dos seus pais e irmã mais nova, sendo ele próprio encontrado numa poça de sangue, vivo por milagre. Nessa mesma noite, Erik Maria Bark recebe um telefonema do comissário Joona Linna solicitando os seus serviços - descobrir a identidade do assassino. Para tal, Josef deverá ser hipnotizado. Erik aceita a missão com relutância, longe de imaginar que o que vai encontrar pela frente é um pesadelo capaz de ultrapassar os seus piores receios. Dias mais tarde, o seu filho de 15 anos, Benjamin, é sequestrado da própria casa. Haverá uma ligação entre estes dois casos? Para salvar a vida de Benjamin, o hipnotista deverá enfrentar os fantasmas do seu passado e mergulhar nas mentes mais sombrias e perversas que jamais poderia imagina.

O hipnotista

In this third Joona Linna thriller, Detective Linna investigates a gruesome murder at a home for wayward girls after receiving a call from a medium claiming to have seen the dead girl's ghost.

The Fire Witness

When a medium contacts the police department with claims about a murder at a rural home for wayward girls, detective Joona Linna investigates bizarre clues only to find himself confronting more violent truths and a figure from his past.

A vidente

Krimi. En ung kvinde findes druknet ombord på en båd i Stockholms skærgård. Indenfor samme døgn findes generaldirektøren med ansvar for svensk våbeneksport hængt i sin elegante lejlighed på Østermalm. Alt tyder på selvmord, men kriminalkommisær Joona Linna er overbevist om, at der er en sammenhæng mellem de to sager

Paganinikontraktet

"Swedish Detective Inspector Joona Linna investigates the murders of three family members whose killing was witnessed by a fourth intended victim, a traumatized child whose shock Linna hopes to penetrate through hypnotism."--NoveList.

The Hypnotist

Playground

En ung kvinna försvinner när hon är på väg hem från skolan. Fem år senare hittas hon mördad på en lekplats mitt i Stockholm. Via övervakningskameror lyckas Joona Linna spåra ett ögonvittne. När det visar sig att vittnet är en psykiskt sjuk man som inte har några som helst minnen av det han såg tar Joona kontakt med hypnotisören Erik Maria Bark. Spegelmannen är den åttonde boken med Joona Linna.

Spegelmannen

En ung kvinna försvinner när hon är på väg hem från skolan. Fem år senare hittas hon mördad på en lekplats mitt i Stockholm. Via övervakningskameror lyckas Joona Linna spåra ett ögonvittne. När det visar sig att vittnet är en psykiskt sjuk man som inte har några som helst minnen av det han såg tar Joona kontakt med hypnotisören Erik Maria Bark.Spegelmannen är den åttonde boken med Joona Linna.

Guilherme Braga

Best-seller mundial, O homem de areia conta a história de um serial killer inteligente e manipulador e de dois policiais que precisarão vencer os próprios limites para pegá-lo. Em uma noite extremamente fria em Estocolmo, um homem aparece sozinho e desnorteado em uma ponte. Quando ele é encontrado, a hipotermia já toma conta de seu corpo. Ao ser levado para um hospital, descobre-se que há sete anos ele foi declarado morto.Seu assassinato foi creditado ao serial killer Jurek Walter, que foi preso há alguns anos pelo detetive Joona Linna e sentenciado a prisão perpétua em uma ala psiquiátrica. Enquanto investiga o aparecimento desse homem e tenta entender onde ele esteve durante os últimos sete anos, evidências desconhecidas começam a aparecer e influenciar o caso que já estava arquivado.Com capítulos curtos e ritmo alucinante, O homem de areia é um thriller envolvente sobre os limites da maldade. “Um dos thrillers mais emocionantes dos últimos tempos.” — Sunday Times

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