Dans une maison de la banlieue de Stockholm, une famille est sauvagement assassinée. Seul Josef, un adolescent, survit au massacre, mais il navigue entre la vie et la mort, en état de choc. L'inspecteur Joona Linna décide alors de recourir à Erik Maria Bark, un psychiatre expert en hypnose, pour pénétrer le subconscient du garçon et tenter de revoir le carnage à travers ses yeux. Chaque minute compte, mais Bark ignore qu'avec ces révélations qu'il traque dans la mémoire de Josef, c'est aussi pour lui qu'un dramatique compte à rebours vient de commencer.Thierry Jansen donne de ce thriller réellement hypnotique l'interprétation troublante que justifie son perpétuel double jeu entre une parole manipulatrice et libératrice...
Une jeune femme retrouvée morte à bord d'un bateau dérivant dans l'archipel de Stockholm. La soeur de la victime, militante pacifiste, poursuivie par un tueur implacable. Un corps découvert pendu, celui de Carl Palmcrona, chargé de valider les contrats d'armement de la Suède. En menant de front ces enquêtes, Joona Linna ignore qu'il va pénétrer dans un univers fait de commissions occultes, d'ententes tacites et inavouables. Un univers cauchemardesque où les contrats ne peuvent être rompus, même par la mort.Thierry Janssen donne sa pleine mesure à ce thriller où le terrifiant envahit le quotidien, dans une Suède bien éloignée des clichés traditionnels.
''It may take you a while to sleep after you finish it'' Daily Express The most chilling and terrifying serial killer thriller of the year, from international bestseller Lars Kepler.
Sweden''s most notorious serial killer. Jurek Walter was shot and killed years ago. The police moved on and managed to forget the darkness that had tainted their lives.
Has come back from the dead. But now someone is leaving a trail of broken bodies across Sweden and the clues all point to Walter. Detective Joona Linna is convinced his worst nightmare is becoming a reality: the man who tore apart his family has returned to finish the job.
He doesn''t just kill you. He buries your loved ones alive. When Joona''s partner is taken - and locked inside an underground coffin - he finds himself with an impossible choice: leave her to die or walk into the trap set by the only man he ever feared.
''Wraps you in a cloak of darkness'' Daily Mail ''A thrilling, terrifying, dark and disturbing read. Loved it'' Patricia Gibney, no.1 bestselling author of the Lottie Parker series
It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die... The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler''s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. There''s a face at the window. A masked stranger stands in the shadow of a garden, watching his first victim through the window. He will kill him slowly - play him a nursery rhyme - make him pay. A killer in your house. The police offer ex-Detective Joona Linna a chance to clear his name: help Superintendent Saga Bauer track down the vicious killer terrorising Stockholm, before he strikes again. Only one man can stop him. Now Joona stands between a disturbed predator and its prey. He must catch a killer who hunts in the shadows and who is dangerously close to losing control...
The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler''s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. There''s a face at the window. A stranger wearing a mask stands in the shadow of a garden. He''s watching his first victim through the window. He will kill him slowly, make it last - play him a nursery rhyme - make him pay. A killer in your house. There''s only one person the police can turn to - ex-Detective Joona Linna - but he''s serving time in a high-security prison. So they offer him a chance to secure his freedom: help Superintendent Saga Bauer track down the vicious killer known as the Rabbit Hunter, before he strikes again. Only one man can stop him. Soon another three victims have been murdered and Stockholm is in the grip of terror. Joona Linna must catch a disturbed predator, whose trail of destruction leads back to one horrific night of violence - with consequences more terrifying than anyone could have imagined...
''It may take you a while to sleep after you finish it'' Daily Express The most chilling and terrifying serial killer thriller of the year, from international bestseller Lars Kepler. Sweden''s most notorious serial killer. Jurek Walter was shot and killed years ago. The police moved on and managed to forget the darkness that had tainted their lives. Has come back from the dead. But now someone is leaving a trail of broken bodies across Sweden and the clues all point to Walter. Detective Joona Linna is convinced his worst nightmare is becoming a reality: the man who tore apart his family has returned to finish the job. He doesn''t just kill you. He buries your loved ones alive. When Joona''s partner is taken - and locked inside an underground coffin - he finds himself with an impossible choice: leave her to die or walk into the trap set by the only man he ever feared. ''Wraps you in a cloak of darkness'' Daily Mail ''A thrilling, terrifying, dark and disturbing read. Loved it'' Patricia Gibney, no.1 bestselling author of the Lottie Parker series
B>YOU THINK YOU ARE ALONE. THINK AGAIN./b>br> b> /b>br> The police receive a video of a woman in her home. Hours later, they discover her mutilated body. Soon after, the killer sends another tape, taunting the police. He knows theres nothing they can do.br> Only Joona Linna and his old friend Erik Maria Bark can stop this cunning predator. But Bark is hiding secrets of his own--secrets the killer knows.
B>NOWHERE IS SAFE . . . NOT EVEN YOUR DREAMS./b>br> b> /b>br> Police discover the lifeless body of a young woman on an abandoned yacht. The next day, a man is found hanging in his apartment. When Detectives Joona Linna and Saga Bauer uncover a surprising connection between the two deaths, they will be forced to confront a relentless killer whos always one step ahead and a ruthless business tycoon who preys on his victims worst nightmares to achieve his sinister ends.
If the lights are on, a stalker can see you from outside. But if the lights are off, you can't see a stalker who is already inside the house. The much-anticipated fifth thriller in Lars Keplers bestselling series featuring Joona Linna.
HE''LL STEAL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP The fourth gripping serial killer thriller in the No.1 bestselling Joona Linna series. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo. HE''S SWEDEN''S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER. Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence. Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psychiatric staff. HE''LL LULL YOU INTO A SENSE OF CALM. Mikael knows him as ''the sandman''. Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister. They are both presumed dead. HE HAS ONE TARGET LEFT. When Mikael is discovered on a railway line, close to death, the hunt begins for his sister. To get to the truth, Detective Inspector Joona Linna will need to get closer than ever to the man who stripped him of a family; the man who wants Linna dead.
HE WILL TRAP YOU IN A WORLD OF TERROR The groundbreaking first novel in the bestselling Joona Linna thriller series. A TRAUMATISED WITNESS Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm. Detective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He''s suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock. A DISGRACED DETECTIVE Linna''s running out of time. The police do not want him on the case. The killer''s on the run and there are seemingly no clues. Desperate for information, Linna enlists specialist Dr Erik Maria Bark, a hypnotist who vowed never to practise again. A DEVASTATING CASE As the hypnosis begins, a long and terrifying chain of events unfurls with reverberations far beyond Linna''s case. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo. Praise for Lars Kepler: ''The thriller that''s taking Europe by storm ... ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness. It''s stunning .'' Daily Mail '' One of the best - if not the best - Scandinavian crime thrillers I''ve read.'' Red ''All the hallmarks of a classic... this is crime writing at its most devilishly involving .'' Marie Claire ''A genuine chiller ...commanding and deeply scarifying stuff.'' Independent ''Riddled with irresistible, nail-biting suspense, this first-class Scandinavian thriller is one of the best I''ve ever read.'' Australian Women''s Weekly ''A rollercoaster ride of a thriller full of striking twists .'' Mail on Sunday ''An horrific and original read.'' The Sun ''a sulphurous whiff of Hannibal Lecter.'' Financial Times
WAKE UP TO TRUE EVIL The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler''s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. ONE GIRL IS DEAD At a home for troubled girls, a young girl has been brutally murdered during the night. Her body is found arranged in bed with her hands covering her eyes. ONE GIRL IS MISSING Vicky Bennet is the only girl unaccounted for. When a bloody hammer is discovered under her pillow, it appears that she was more than just a witness to the killing. ONE GIRL CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN IT ALL Detective Inspector Joona Linna is called in to piece the evidence together. But the case quickly descends into darker, more violent territory, leading him finally to a shocking confrontation with the past. Praise for Lars Kepler: '' Scandi noir at its best '' Evening Standard ''A rich, nuanced tale , ideal for beach reading, just as long as the beach doesn''t harbor too many shadows'' Kirkus ''A brilliant thriller'' Norrkopings Tidningar '' Taking Europe by storm '' Daily Mail ''Kepler has a direct line to a very dark place in the human soul'' Lev Grossman, Time ''More energetic than Mankell, as socially involved as Larsson, Kepler matches Jo Nesbo for gothic excitement'' Weekend Australian