Detective Joona Linna

A Time Magazine Top 10 Fiction book for 2011 One of the Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Mysteries of the Year 2011 Prepare for The Hypnotist to cast its spell In the frigid clime of Tumba, Sweden, a gruesome triple homicide attracts the interest of Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate the murders. The killer is still at large, and there's only one surviving witness—the boy whose family was killed before his eyes. Whoever committed the crimes wanted this boy to die: he's suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and lapsed into a state of shock. Desperate for information, Linna sees only one option: hypnotism. He enlists Dr. Erik Maria Bark to mesmerize the boy, hoping to discover the killer through his eyes. It's the sort of work that Bark has sworn he would never do again—ethically dubious and psychically scarring. When he breaks his promise and hypnotizes the victim, a long and terrifying chain of events begins to unfurl. An international sensation, The Hypnotist is set to appear in thirty-seven countries, and it has landed at the top of bestseller lists wherever it's been published—in France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark. Now it's America's turn. Combining the addictive power of the Stieg Larsson trilogy with the storytelling drive of The Silence of the Lambs, this adrenaline-drenched thriller is spellbinding from its very first page.

The No 1 Swedish thriller by the author of The Hypnotist and The Nightmare

Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence. Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psychiatric staff. Mikael knows him as 'the sandman'. Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister. They are both presumed dead. When Mikael is discovered on a railway line, close to death, the hunt begins for his sister. To get to the truth, Detective Inspector Joona Linna will need to get closer than ever to the man who stripped him of a family; the man who wants Linna dead.

It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die… The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.

'It may take you a while to sleep after you finish it' Daily Express The most chilling and terrifying serial killer thriller of the year, from international bestseller Lars Kepler.

"Una ragazza è stata uccisa nel parco giochi di un quartiere residenziale di Stoccolma, in piena notte. Sulla scena del crimine restano i chiari segni di un'esecuzione in piena regola. Ma chi può aver voluto infliggerle una morte così spettacolare e crudele? Se lo chiede il commissario Joona Linna mentre scopre che la vittima era sparita nel nulla un pomeriggio di cinque anni prima, e da allora non si era più saputo nulla di lei. Joona deve ricucire i pezzi di questa storia dai contorni sempre più inquietanti, trovare il colpevole e consegnarlo alla giustizia il prima possibile. Ma come fare? Da dove partire se nessuno sa, nessuno ha visto? Eppure qualcuno deve avere visto, qualcuno che forse non vuole parlare o non riesce a parlare. Qualcuno che per qualche oscuro motivo dev'essere aiutato a ricordare, perché il segreto è imprigionato nel buio della sua mente. Ed è per questo che Joona, bloccato in un labirinto di specchi, decide di infrangere ancora una volta le regole della polizia. Perché sa di non avere altra scelta, deve ricorrere all'aiuto di un professionista che in passato gli ha fornito la chiave per arrivare alla verità: il dottor Erik Maria Bark, meglio conosciuto come l'Ipnotista... Teso, veloce, beffardo."-- from https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/uomo-specchio-kepler-lars-longanesi/libro/9788830454941

The brilliantly creepy and dark new thriller from one of the world's biggest crime writers.

Uprostred noci niekto zavolá na tiesňovú linku a nahlási práve prebiehajúce vlámanie v uzavretom kempe neďaleko Štokholmu. Na volanie reaguje najbližšia policajná hliadka, a keď dorazí na miesto činu, v jednom z karavanov sa jej naskytne desivý pohľad. Steny, strop aj podlaha sú pokryté krvou. Obeť bola zavraždená sekerou a brutálne rozštvrtená. Polícia v jednej z izieb objaví mladého muža, ktorý spí a ako vankúš mu slúži odseknutá ruka. Mladík je okamžite zatknutý a prevezený do väzby. Vzápätí sa ukáže, že sotva sedemnásťročný syn slávneho spisovateľa trpí vzácnym druhom námesačnosti. Môže byť páchateľom alebo naopak svedkom hrôzostrašných udalostí, na ktoré si však nedokáže spomenúť. Detektív Joona Linna, ktorý sa prípadu ujme, požiada svojho dávneho priateľa Erika Mariu Barka, aby pomocou hypnózy zistil, čo sa v karavane stalo. Brutálny vrah je stále na slobode a ešte nepovedal posledné slovo.

Další z detektivních případů, kterého se ujímá komisař Joona Linna. K vyřešení případů přizve svého starého přítele Erika, jenž může pomocí hypnózy odhalit vraha. Uprostřed noci někdo nahlásí na tísňovou linku, že právě probíhá vloupání v uzavřeném kempu za Stockholmem. Na volání reaguje nejbližší policejní vůz, a když hlídka dorazí na místo, v jednom z karavanů se jí naskytne děsivý pohled. Podlahy, stěny a nábytek jsou zcela pokryty krví. Někoho tam zabili sekerou a brutálně rozčtvrtili. Nedaleko od místa činu spí na podlaze mladý muž s useknutou rukou, která mu slouží jako polštář. Mladík je okamžitě zatčen a převezen do vazby. Jedná se o sotva sedmnáctiletého syna slavného spisovatele. Záhy se ukáže, že trpí vzácným druhem náměsíčnosti. Mladík může být pachatelem, anebo také svědkem celého masakru, ovšem nic si nepamatuje. Nakladatelská anotace.