A brutal murderer commits his crime and then seemingly disappears from the scene, leaving no evidence.
“Maybe we could break for coffee first,” Eriksson says, adjusting his sparkling glasses. Kofoed removes the wrapper from a salmon sandwich, pulls out the sprig of dill, squeezes some lemon juice onto it, and unwraps some silverware.
The story is set on an island separated from the rest of the world, on which evolution has taken a different course. "The Nightmare" resembles Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot, which was published a year later.
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.
"A young woman's body is found on a pleasure boat drifting down the Stockholm archipelago.
"In this sequel to THE HYPNOTIST, Detective Joona Linna returns to investigate a series of interlinking murders surrounding a suspicious Swedish arms deal"--
And who was to get it back from those outlaws? ... Grippe said, leaning over the counter, his raisin eyes squinting into Henry's. ... You must try other pawnshops—try the publicans—The Blue Cat takes in stolen goods. It was not me.
Sam, a man who loves ships and stories, falls victim to a single, repeating nightmare that ends the same way every night; in his death at the wreck site of the Titanic.
Lars Kepler returns with an internationally bestselling follow up to the wildly successful debut thriller The Hypnotist.
Eager to reclaim the only female that can ever complete him, Zain carefully plans his passage into the Mortal Plane. However, when next the Mist rises, instead of hiding from her Nightmare, Naima makes him the most improbable proposition.
Following on the heels of the bestselling series opener The Hypnotist, Kepler delivers another nail-biting, hair-raising thriller--pulled straight from your darkest nightmares.