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The Hypnotist

By Lars Kepler
The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler digital book - Fable

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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first of the Killer Instinct series featuring Detective Joona Linna: a triple murder, the one surviving witness—a boy with no memory of what happened—and the hypnotist hired to help uncover the truth.

“Full of surprises and more than enough twists to keep those pages turning well into the night.” —NPR

The police are desperate for information on the triple homicide. Detective Joona Linna enlists the help of hypnotist Erik Maria Bark. But when Bark unlocks the secrets in the boy’s memory, he triggers a terrifying chain of events that will put all their lives in jeopardy.

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The Hypnotist Reviews

3.5
“This is dark, gripping, chilling, fast-paced, and emotionally charged. The straight into the action with a brutally murdered family, the only survivor, a teenage boy. Detective Joona Linna turns to Erik Maria Bark, a hypnotist who has sworn never to practice again to help find out what the seriously injured boy knows. What follows is a twisty tense investigation, and a child abduction that had me gripped, with short chapters that make it impossible not to keep turning the pages. The atmosphere is cold and claustrophobic, emotional and graphic at times. There’s mystery, murder, family drama and the consequences of secrets. Although I thought it was a little long winded in the middle, this didn’t spoil my enjoyment and I’ll definitely read more from this author (it’s a husband and wife team).”
“A lot of wow without much substance but I needed sth to read where I didn’t have to spend too much time thinking so that matched.”

About Lars Kepler

LARS KEPLER is the pseudonym of the critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Their internationally best-selling Joona Linna series has sold more than twelve million copies in forty languages. The Ahndorils were both established writers before they adopted the pen name Lars Kepler, and have each published several acclaimed novels. They live in Stockholm, Sweden. Translated by Neil Smith (acclaimed translator of Jo Nesbo).

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