Book Synopsis:
Three years ago, Detective Saga Bauer received an ominous postcard describing a gun and nine white bullets – one of which was intended for her partner, Detective Joona Linna. The sender alleged that Saga was the only person who could save him. But as time passed, the threat faded.
Until now.
A sack with a decomposing body has been found hanging from a tree in the forest. A milky white bullet casing turns up at the scene. When the body count begins to rise, the police realise that the killer is sending riddles, offering them the chance to stop the murders before they happen.
But the police always seem to arrive a moment too late. As they begin to close in, the case becomes more and more tangled. Someone is spinning a fiendishly intricate web, pulling Joona ever closer to a trap he may not be able to escape.
My Review:
The Spider is a gritty, intense detective story that’s not for the faint hearted. I’ve been a huge fan of this series from the start and in my opinion it keeps getting better and better.
It was great being back with Joona attempting to solve another mystery with the team. For each victim the police get sent a parcel with clues about their whereabouts and then it’s a race against time to try to find them. The author’s cleverly write the story so I felt involved in the investigation and like I was helping to solve the mystery alongside them.
Some of the descriptions of the murders (especially the first) are a bit graphic which won’t be to everyone’s taste but anyone familiar with this series won’t be surprised by this. The author gradually increases the tension as the story goes on until it becomes almost unbearable. I couldn’t put the book down towards the end and found myself reading far too late into the night as I really wanted to find out what happened next.
Huge thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book. If you’re a fan of gritty crime books I thoroughly recommend this series.
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 Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril. They live with their family in Sweden.
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