The hypnotist
By: Lars Kepler ; translated from the Swedish by Ann Long
Publisher: Blue Door
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9780007359127; 9780007503131
Subjects: Murder; Family violence; Investigation; Forensic hypnotism; Fiction
Work titles: Hypnotisören
Description: Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm. Detective Inspector Joona Linna is faced with a boy who witnessed the gruesome murder of his family. He's suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and is comatose with shock. Linna's running out of time. The killer's on the run and, seemingly, there are no clues. Desperate for information, Linna enlists disgraced specialist Dr Erik Maria Bark, a hypnotist who vowed never to practice again. As the hypnosis begins, a long and terrifying chain of events unfurls with reverberations far beyond Linna's case.
Notes: This translation originally published: 2011.