The Nightmare (Joona Linna Series #2)

by Lars Kepler

Overview

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Detectives Joona Linna and Saga Bauer must confront a relentless killer who’s always one step ahead in this installment of the Killer Instinct series from the #1 international bestselling author of The Hypnotist.

“Action-oriented, inventive, with over-the-top plots and larger-than-life heroes and criminals.” —Los Angeles Times Magazine

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 realize they are up against a brutal killer and a ruthless business tycoon who preys on his victims’ worst nightmares to achieve his sinister ends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525433101
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/25/2018
Series:	Joona Linna Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	560
Sales rank:	190,054
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

LARS KEPLER is the pseudonym of the critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Their number one internationally bestselling Joona Linna series has sold more than twelve million copies in forty languages. The Ahndorils were both established writers before they adopted the pen name Lars Kepler, and have each published several acclaimed novels. They live in Stockholm, Sweden. Translated by Neil Smith (acclaimed translator of Jo Nesbø).

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The yacht is found drifting in the southern part of the Stockholm archipelago on a bright evening with no wind. The bluish-gray water is moving as gently as fog.
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Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Nightmare and Lars Kepler's Joona Linna Series:

“Intricate detective work and heart-ticking suspense.” —The Boston Globe

“Action-oriented, inventive, with over-the-top plots and larger-than-life heroes and criminals.” —Los Angeles Times Magazine

"Gripping.... Kepler will have you turning pages long after your bedtime." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“A high-octane, taut thriller.” —Marie Claire (UK)

From the Publisher

Mark Bramhall follows his success with Kepler's THE HYPNOTIST to envelop listeners in another thriller featuring detective Joona Linna. Linna, listeners quickly learn, has a resolute will and uncanny intuition about crimes and criminals. The vicious world of international arms trafficking is entwined with other crimes to challenge nearly every police agency in Sweden. Bramhall is maestro of the musical cadences of endless Swedish proper names and locations. The unfamiliar words, definite tongue-twisting challenges, are rendered perfectly, or at least perfectly believably to American ears. Bramhall orchestrates the highs and lows of both inflection and emotion, as well as tenderness and terror. He carefully sorts dozens of characters with simple vocal and emotional color, including the teams of police officers. The challenges of this narration are all met—brilliantly. R.F.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2013 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

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