Stalker

A novel

By: Lars Kepler, Neil Smith - translator

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

“Lars Kepler … [has] a taste for the macabre and a surefire recipe for the lurid serial-killer thriller. … This is not a book for anyone on heart medication. Kepler is a virtuoso at delivering scenes of suspense.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

The internationally bestselling authors of The Sandman and The Hypnotist return with a terrifying new thriller: Detective Joona Linna--recently returned from compassionate leave--reunites with hypnotist Erik Maria Bark in a search for a seemingly unassailable sadistic killer.

The Swedish National Crime Unit receives a video of a young woman in her home, clearly unaware that she's being watched. Soon after the tape is received, the woman's body is found horrifically mutilated. With the arrival of the next, similar video, the police understand that the killer is toying with them, warning of a new victim, knowing there's nothing they can do. Detective Margot Silverman is put in charge of the investigation, and soon asks Detective Joona Linna for help. Linna, in turn, recruits Erik Maria Bark, the hypnotist and expert in trauma, with whom Linna's worked before. Bark is leery of forcing people to give up their secrets. But this time, Bark is the one hiding things.
Years before, he had put a man away for an eerily similar crime, and now he's beginning to think that an innocent man may be behind bars--and a serial killer still on the loose. . .

their best yet!

I wasn't a true fan of these authors until this book in the series! still lots of long descriptions that I might cheat and skip over in a bound book, but this time I found myself thinking "Stalker" was written with the care and attention to detail you'd find in a screenplay. not that I know anything about screenplays, just that's the impression the writing gave me, and it's meant as a compliment to the authors. hats off and this book is a must read for fans of this genre.

Stalker

If you have an aversion to violence, this is probably not the book for you. On the other hand, Joona Linna demonstrates his genius in solving these very complex crimes. The storyline was powerful and well-developed. Attempting to identify the “stalker” was a real challenge.

Just phenomenal

I reaaaaally enjoyed this book. Such a nice build up and although you might be clever enough to figure out who’s did it, you may not. I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good book.

Whew!

You know that feeling when you’re a kid and you stand up to signal to the bus driver that your stop is next but for some reason the bus just speeds by your stop? You feel that little ball of panic in your stomach, and now you shout from the back of the bus “next stop!” so the driver is sure to know you want off on the next available stop.

That’s the feeling I felt thru most of this book! That little ball of worry. Panic. Excitement. Keplar has a way of writing that effortlessly puts you right next to the detectives every step of the way. He also did that thing I like in these type of novels where he takes a second and has one of the characters sum up where we’re all at in the story together (Lol) so you don’t have to fret that you forgot why they’re talking about something like cucumbers all of a sudden! I bit long but def not long-winded. Big difference! And very creepy at times. Let’s face it, it takes a lot of detailed, descriptive, and exceptional writing to scare a 47yr old, self-described tough guy-construction worker from Boston to wiggle in the seat a little bit, but Keplar managed to pull it off. It was a little scary. Good scary tho of course!

This book is just as advertised except even better. If your in the market for this type of adventure look no further. Use the credit, strap on(I mean “in”), and enjoy the ride. Really cool book!

Maybe better if read

The voice of some of the characters did not match what I thought they should sound like. I know the book is translated but it was just off. I think it would be an awesome book read but who has time to read a book, meal prep, and eat candy while googling how to lose weight.