The Sandman
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Lars Kepler
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • This installment in the Killer Instinct Series tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must beat him at his own game, Detectives Joona Linna and Saga Bauer.“With its tight, staccato chapters and cast of dangerous wraiths lurking everywhere, The Sandman is a nonstop fright.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen years earlier, he went missing along with his younger sister. They were long thought to have been victims of Sweden's most notorious serial killer, Jurek Walter, now serving a life sentence in a maximum security psychiatric hospital. Now Mikael tells the police that his sister is still alive and being held by someone he knows only as the Sandman. Years ago, Detective Inspector Joona Linna made an excruciating personal sacrifice to ensure Jurek's capture. He is keenly aware of what this killer is capable of, and now he is certain that Jurek has an accomplice. He knows that any chance of rescuing Mikael's sister depends on getting Jurek to talk, and that the only agent capable of this is Inspector Saga Bauer, a twenty-seven-year-old prodigy. She will have to go under deep cover in the psychiatric ward where Jurek is imprisoned, and she will have to find a way to get to the psychopath before it's too late—and before he gets inside her head.
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Author
Lars Kepler
Pages
464
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2018-03-06
ISBN
1524732257 9781524732257
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"The Sandman kept me up reading into the night - I definitely meant to go to bed at a reasonable time last night, but I couldn't put this book down. <br/><br/>This was my first experience with the Joona Linna series by Lars Kepler - this is the third book in the series, and it's very easy to get invested quickly. I wasn't confused, and I think this book can work very well as a standalone novel. However, since I loved it, I ordered the first 3 books in the series after I finished this one. <br/><br/>I am not always great at connecting with Nordic noir, but I was hooked on this book from page one. I feel like most of the ones I've read in this genre have had slower starts, but The Sandman drew me in, and then kept me excited throughout the whole story. This was definitely a page-turner for me. The chapters are very short, and it was always hard to find a stopping place because I just wanted to keep going. <br/><br/>I really liked the characters in this novel. A few different POVs are added in throughout the novel (it's all in third person, though), and everything was woven together nicely by the end. Saga was definitely my favorite, and now I also wish my name was Saga haha. <br/><br/>As I said before, it is easy to get invested in this story. I cared about the characters, and there are some heartbreaking moments. This is just a damn good book. I will definitely be continuing with this series, and I'm excited to see where it goes. Thank you to Crime by the Book for recommending this one, and thank you to AA Knopf for sending me this review copy. The Sandman will be out on 3/6!"
Emily
