The Hypnotist

The literary debut of the couple writing under the pseudonym Lars Kepler made a stunning impression on readers, critics, and publishers. The first Swedish novel, which was extraordinarily successful overseas even before its publication in Sweden, 'The Hypnotist' has initiated a thrilling detective series about the investigations of Commissioner of the Criminal Police Joona Linna. In the suburbs of Stockholm, a brutally murdered man is found in the locker room of a sports club. Later, his wife and young daughter are discovered at home, slain with monstrous cruelty. It seems that the killer aimed to wipe out the entire family; however, the severely injured son survived. Joona Linna learns that another family member is still alive—the boy's older sister. He understands that it is necessary to find the girl before the killer does. To quickly interrogate the only witness, Joona Linna contacts the doctor Erik Maria Bark and convinces him to hypnotize the boy. Only in this way can a description of the criminal be obtained. Erik breaks his long-standing promise to give up hypnosis. And the chain of incredible events begins to inexorably unravel…