Inspector Joona Linna takes on the case and is desperate to find the older, missing daughter before the killer does.
The overhead fluorescent light in the hospital room hummed a low, clinical buzz. Outside, the Swedish winter was absolute, smothering Stockholm in a thick, indifferent blanket of snow. Inside, the air smelled heavily of antiseptic and iron.
(The Hypnotist) is a massively successful 2009 Scandinavian crime fiction novel written by the Swedish husband-and-wife duo Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril under the famous pseudonym Lars Kepler . It is the gripping first installment in the long-running Joona Linna series . 📖 Plot Overview
Erik Maria Bark stared at the boy in the bed. Josef’s face was a map of raw trauma, his eyes wide and fixed on a horror no one else could see.
An incredibly stubborn, intuitive detective with the Swedish National Crime Police who refuses to let go of cases.
