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The Nightmare
(2012)(The second book in the Detective Inspector Joona Linna series)
A novel by Lars Kepler
Lars Kepler returns with a piercing, bestselling sequel to The Hypnotist
After spellbinding audiences in The Hypnotist, Detective Inspector Joona Linna is back in The Nightmare, an internationally bestselling Swedish thriller published to critical acclaim in dozens of countries. As the Swedish newspaper Arbetarbladet put it, 'The reader is ready to sell his own soul for the opportunity to read this book without interruption, in one sitting.'
On a summer night, police recover the body of a young woman from an abandoned pleasure boat drifting around the Stockholm archipelago. Her lungs are filled with brackish water, and the forensics team is sure that she drowned. Why, then, is the pleasure boat still afloat, and why are there no traces of water on her clothes or body?
The next day, a man turns up dead in his state apartment in Stockholm, hanging from a lamphook in the ceiling. All signs point to suicide, but the room has a high ceiling, and there's not a single piece of furniture around - nothing to climb on.
Joona Linna begins to piece together the two mysteries, but the logistics are a mere prelude to a dizzying and dangerous course of events. At its core, the most frightening aspect of The Nightmare isn't its gruesome crimes - it's the dark psychology of its characters, who show us how blind we are to our own motives.
Genre: Mystery
After spellbinding audiences in The Hypnotist, Detective Inspector Joona Linna is back in The Nightmare, an internationally bestselling Swedish thriller published to critical acclaim in dozens of countries. As the Swedish newspaper Arbetarbladet put it, 'The reader is ready to sell his own soul for the opportunity to read this book without interruption, in one sitting.'
On a summer night, police recover the body of a young woman from an abandoned pleasure boat drifting around the Stockholm archipelago. Her lungs are filled with brackish water, and the forensics team is sure that she drowned. Why, then, is the pleasure boat still afloat, and why are there no traces of water on her clothes or body?
The next day, a man turns up dead in his state apartment in Stockholm, hanging from a lamphook in the ceiling. All signs point to suicide, but the room has a high ceiling, and there's not a single piece of furniture around - nothing to climb on.
Joona Linna begins to piece together the two mysteries, but the logistics are a mere prelude to a dizzying and dangerous course of events. At its core, the most frightening aspect of The Nightmare isn't its gruesome crimes - it's the dark psychology of its characters, who show us how blind we are to our own motives.
Genre: Mystery
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Title: The Nightmare: A Novel (Joona Linna, Book 2)
Author(s): Lars Kepler
Publisher: Random House Audio
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Title: The Nightmare: A Novel (Joona Linna, Book 2)
Author(s): Lars Kepler
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Title: The Nightmare
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Title: The Nightmare
Author(s): Lars Kepler
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Title: The Nightmare
Author(s): Lars Kepler
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Title: The Nightmare: A novel (Joona Linna Book 2)
Author(s): Lars Kepler
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Title: The Nightmare: Joona Linna Series: #2
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Title: The Nightmare: A heart-pounding, unmissable thriller from a No.1 international bestselling author (Joona Linna, Book 2)
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Title: The Nightmare: A heart-pounding, unmissable thriller from a No.1 international bestselling author (Joona Linna, Book 2)
Author(s): Lars Kepler
Publisher: HarperCollins
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