SOME NIGHTMARES YOU CAN'T WAKE UP FROM. The tenth Detective Joona Linna thriller from the master of Scandinavian noir — 17 million copies sold worldwide.
An alarm sounds in the middle of the night: a burglary in progress at a winter-closed campsite in Bredäng, outside Stockholm. The nearest patrol answers the call. There is a light on in one of the farthest caravans — and when the officers open the door, they find a scene of appalling violence, and a young man fast asleep in the middle of it.
He is arrested and taken to Kronoberg prison, and identified as seventeen-year-old Hugo Sand, the son of a famous writer. Hugo suffers from a rare sleepwalking condition triggered by nightmares. He is either the killer or the only witness — and he claims to remember nothing at all.
Detective Joona Linna turns to his old friend Erik Maria Bark, and to hypnosis, to reach whatever Hugo saw inside that caravan. So begins a sleepless hunt for a killer who is only just getting started.
Praise
“Chilling, nerve-shredding, clever, and impossibly dark.” — Chris Whitaker
“Fast and furiously paced… I lapped it up.” — Evening Standard
“A rollercoaster ride of a thriller full of striking twists.” — Mail on Sunday
“As dark and chilling as a Swedish winter.” — Gregg Hurwitz
About the author
Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of Swedish writing duo Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, whose Joona Linna thrillers have sold in the millions across more than forty languages, beginning with The Hypnotist. Translated by Alice Menzies.
Perfect for readers of
Jo Nesbø, Ragnar Jónasson and Alex North — and anyone who wants a 500-page Scandinavian winter to disappear into. Stands alone, but Joona regulars will read it fastest.
