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Paperback In Stock More Buying Choices - Paperback 6 New from $12.50. Joona Linna the detective inspector investigates the connection between a man hanging in his bare apartment and a woman that died of drowning in the dock of a pleasure yacht that had been abandoned. This is the 7th book in the Joona Linna series by Swedish husband and wife team Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril, better known as Lars Kepler. The Joona Linna novels are first rate thrillers full of heart stopping moments of murder and serial killings that leave detectives befuddled for years, before Joona swoops in to save the day.
Right from the first novel, you can be certain of rapid breathing, goose bumps, and hair standing on end with all the thrills and danger that Joona and his associates have to deal with. Appearance Joona is tall and muscular as one can only be after decades of hard training, when all the muscle groups, sinews, and ligaments are working in unison. The witness has lapsed into shock after suffering nearly 100 knife wounds.
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Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. She went to the Stockholm National Academy of Acting and Mime and got a literary science masters before she got her PhD at the same university. The novel introduced Joona Linna, the Chief Inspector from the Swedish Police Force who would become the protagonist of the Lars Kepler series.
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The name Lars pays homage to Stieg Larsson the Swedish crime fiction author that was an inspiration to both writers. For detective Linna, the only option left to save his witness is hypnotism. The links beside each book title will take you to Amazon, who I feel are the best online retailer for books where you can read more about the book, or purchase it. It is one of the most difficult of cases he has ever had to deal with, but he has never been one to give up on the quest for justice. He enlists the services of psychologist and psychiatrist Maria Bark in the hope that through his eyes he can see his killer. The covers make it seem that the novels have something of the “Millennium” or “Silence of the Lambs” by Stieg Larsson though that could not be further from the truth. Insert your e-mail below to start getting these recommendations.
Kepler writes a story full of social and political undertones that is certain to keep the reader engrossed right for the first page to the last. See all reviews from the United States. If you see one missing just send me an e-mail below. This book once again features Linna’s nemesis, Jurek Walter and in my opinion spoilt my enjoyment with the story continuing. The writing team of the Ahndorils had been eminent writers in their own right before taking up the pseudonym Lars Kepler. Read more. The popular series of novels that has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 12 million copies across the globe debuted with “The Hypnotist” that was first published in 2009. Just what secrets could the evidence collected hold, and how deep a conspiracy have the people in the photograph connived. Lars Keplers’ villains are calculating villains that would make for some of the best the James Bond movies have to offer. Each month I pick a charity and ask that you support them instead.
For several years, he painted many oil works that drew inspiration from the works of Caravaggio before he became a ranger. Some would call it a miracle if someone returned from the dead – others would call it a nightmare. By the time he was nineteen, he had written and published his first novel and by the time he started writing under the pseudonym Lars Kepler, he had an opera libretto, twenty theater plays, and nine novels to his name. After a lot of investigation and trial and error, Bauer and Linna finally make headway and even find a blurry photograph of the person that could be responsible for the murders. Select your address He would then move to Stockholm to study film, religion, and philosophy. Comment Report abuse. But with Linna in a desperate situation he agrees to help him. What makes the novels of the Joona Linna series of novels so intriguing is that the author reports rather than describes the graphic violence that happens in the narratives. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Joona’s backstory is revealed slowly over the course of the series revealing his motivation for doing what he does. LARS KEPLER is the pseudonym of the critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. We'll base this on various factors for example "If you like Jack Reacher..." or "If you like short stories in the horror genre". Lars Kepler got married in 994 and currently live in Stockholm with their three daughters.The” Joona Linna” series of novels are about Detective Superintendent Joona Linna, he of the National Operations Department of the Police. His eyes are grey as polished granite, his cheekbones are high, and his blond hair […]
The story combines the explosive storytelling of the Silence of the Lambs and the Stieg Larsson trilogy in a story full of heart pounding thrill that grabs one by the scruff of the neck from the first page to the last. As for Alexandra, she was raised in the south of Sweden and wanted to be an actor. He works alongside Operational Superintendent Saga Bauer of the Swedish Security Service, and psychotherapist and trained psychiatrist Erik Maria Bark that is an expert in disaster psychiatry and psycho-traumatology. They are complex homicides with only one witness available – a boy that had seen his entire family wiped out brutally.