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The Hypnotist gleaned much praise in its native Sweden, and newspapers and TV made a considerable effort to discover the identity of the pseudonymous author of this striking crime novel. The result of the search was dramatic: after a nocturnal â??raid’ it was revealed that â??Lars Kepler’ was, in fact, a husband and wife team – a duo of literary writers, hitherto uncelebrated. But Alexandra and Alexander Ahndoril have enjoyed life since being â??outed’, though it meant that the success of the new book forced the pair’s individual literary efforts to go on hold (the male half of the duo's novel about the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman was in line for a major literary prize). Of course, as with almost every new Scandinavian crime novel, hopeful comparisons have already been drawn with Stieg Larsson, but an acquaintance with The Hypnotist demonstrates that this book is a very different kettle of fish. The members of a whole family have been brutally killed. There is one witness, the teenage son of the slaughtered family. But he appears to have been shocked into mute non-communication by the killings and can offer no leads. Kepler’s protagonist Inspector Joona Linna decides to ask ex-hypnotist Erik Bark to attempt to uncover the secrets of the boy's closed-off world. Linna and Bark discover that the traumatised youth holds the key to a shocking truth about the murders.The Hypnotist is a challenging, lengthy, but always rewarding novel, addressing some incendiary issues. But it is most crucially concerned with the ties of family both which potentially carry both positive and destructive elements. These serious issues are addressed in the context of a crime novel which sports a steady, inexorable building of tension and dread -- and in this area the Kepler duo know exactly what they’re doing. The couple have said they are more influenced by film than they are by other novelists, and this is a very cinematic novel. Joona Linna, too, is a strong central character. Prepare to be hypnotised by The Hypnotist. --Barry ForshawRead More

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    You need clues. You need time. You need a motive. You won't have any of them. When a whole family is murdered in Stockholm Detective Inspector Joona Linna knows there is only one person who can help find the perpetrator. Erik Maria Bark retired hypnotist is called in to work with Josef Ek a fifteen-year-old boy who witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Following a series of accusations by his patients Erik is reluctant to return to his craft but makes an exception for Joseph Ek. As he delves deep into the boy's mind he discovers that Josef murdered his own family on the orders of his sister Evelyn. When Joona and Erik journey deep into the woods to find Evelyn she admits that she was abused by her brother for many years. When she refused to submit to him he took revenge on the entire family. When Josef escapes from custody and Erik's only son Benjamin disappears from the family home Erik is thrust into a world of violence and gang warfare forcing him to revisit his past to discover the truth.

  • 0007359101
  • 9780007359103
  • Lars Kepler
  • 12 May 2011
  • Blue Door
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 512
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