Book Description:
HE’LL STEAL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP
The fourth gripping serial killer thriller in the No.1 bestselling Joona Linna series. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo.
HE’S SWEDEN’S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER.
Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence. Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psychiatric staff.
HE’LL LULL YOU INTO A SENSE OF CALM.
Mikael knows him as “the sandman”. Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister. They are both presumed dead.
HE HAS ONE TARGET LEFT.
When Mikael is discovered on a railway line, close to death, the hunt begins for his sister. To get to the truth, Detective Inspector Joona Linna will need to get closer than ever to the man who stripped him of a family; the man who wants Linna dead.
The Sandman was published in the US on 6th March and is available to buy here.
It is also available to buy in the UK here.
My Review:
Lars Kepler is a name I’ve been hearing a lot about but have never quite manage to read any of their books. Therefore you can imagine my glee when I was contacted to be part of the blog tour for it by the lovely Abby from Crime By The Book. I was so impressed with the story that, upon finishing, I immediately went and bought all the remaining books in the series.
What struck me most about this book is the truly creepy and unusual murderer. He really got under my skin and made me shiver. I think it’s the fact that he’s so calm and calculated that you don’t realise what he’s capable of, until he strikes and you realise how cruel he can be. You wonder how he manages to control his victims as he does and you shudder as you realise just how manipulative he can be.
The Sandman is very gripping despite its slightly slow start and I soon found it impossible to put down, reading until quite late at night and hiding in the toilet just to read a few more pages. The authors do a great job of keeping the atmosphere quite tense and gripping. I was kept guessing until the end how everything would work out and how The Sandman would be stopped.
As mentioned above the first part of the book is a little slow as the author sets the scene and introduces us to the characters. There is a bit of recapping of what happened in previous books that whilst necessary for people, like me who haven’t read the book, did feel a little drawn out and repetitive at times. This didn’t put me off the book however, I just mention it in case others feel this way and want to give up. I strongly urge you to continue as the story does pick up and I actually rate this book as one of the best I’ve ever read!
This is the first book by Lars Kepler I have read and it definitely won’t be my last as I so enjoyed The Sandman.
Huge thanks to Abby of Crime By The Book for my copy of this book and for inviting me onto the blog tour. I’m very excited to have discovered a new author!
About The Author:
Lars Kepler is a No.1 bestselling international sensation, whose Joona Linna thrillers have sold more than 12 million copies in 40 languages. The first book in the series, The Hypnotist, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and the most recent, Stalker, went straight to No.1 in Sweden, Norway, Holland and Slovakia.
Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for writing duo, Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril. They live with their family in Sweden.
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