The Sleepwalker

An alarm sounds in the middle of the night for a burglary in progress at a winter-closed campsite in Bredäng, outside Stockholm.

The police spot a light in one of the farthest caravans and when the officers open the door they are greeted by a horrific sight. Floors, walls and furniture are completely covered in blood. A man has been killed with an axe and brutally dismembered.

On the floor lies a young man sleeping with a severed arm as a pillow. He is arrested and taken to Kronoberg prison, identified as seventeen-year-old Hugo Sand, the son of a famous writer.

Hugo suffers from a rare sleepwalking condition that is activated by nightmares. He is either the perpetrator or a witness, but claims to remember nothing from the night.

Detective Joona Linna contacts her old friend Erik Maria Bark to use hypnosis to try to find out what happened inside the caravan. So begins the sleepless hunt for a serial killer who is only just getting started . . .©2025 Lars Kepler (P)2025 Bonnier Books UK

Great plot, as always

I didn’t like the narrator , so this actually spoiled the entire impress from the book

Thrilling Scandi Noir Novel

Enthralling, fast-paced thriller, moody Swedish backdrop. Excellent narration, great characters -can’t wait for the next one!

Narrating was too much

Several times thought that I just cannot keep listening to Peter Nobles Narrating but story itself was good therefore continued. Narrating is too dramatic, speaking - too slow at times.
Story good but kept dragging at some point