The Hypnotist

A novel

By: Lars Kepler

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

#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.

Critic reviews

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

“Compellingly grisly.” —Vogue

“A gripping series of twists and turns.... A natural successor to the Stieg Larsson series.” —Parade

“A pulse-pounding debut that’s already a native smash.” —Financial Times (London)

Great detailed story

I love that this author gives many little details and ties them all up neatly by the end. There is nothing left unfinished. Excellent reading amazing characters. Loved it.

Gripping and fascinating

What a treat! A brilliantly narrated, fast moving and chaotic story involving a multitude of fascinatingly complex, seriously flawed characters.

Nonstop suspense

I recently discovered this author. I am hooked on the characters. Great story line, keeps you wondering.

It is an OK story...lots of fluff. Unnecessary erotica. Good for a B grade TV series.

The story is meh. The narrator has a strange accent. Specially when it comes to pronouncing T, V, W. It gets worse when he tries to imitate a Finnish person speaking Swifish with an accent in English :)
All in all 6 out of 10.

Too long

Story seemed to go on forever with too many plot lines. Also too unbelievable that someone who has been popping pills for years can just stop cold turkey without much problem and that a daughter is lighting cigarettes around her mother’s oxygen machine!