The Rabbit Hunter

The Rabbit Hunter
Lars Kepler

It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die…The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.There’s a face at the window.A masked stranger stands in the shadow of a garden, watching his first victim through the window. He will kill him slowly – play him a nursery rhyme – make him pay.A killer in your house.The police offer ex-Detective Joona Linna a chance to clear his name: help Superintendent Saga Bauer track down the vicious killer terrorising Stockholm, before he strikes again.Only one man can stop him.Now Joona stands between a disturbed predator and its prey. He must catch a killer who hunts in the shadows and who is dangerously close to losing control…

THE RABBIT HUNTER

LARS KEPLER

Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith

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This is entirely a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real events, businesses, organizations and localities are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.

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Table of Contents

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Title Page (#u3d2d4620-aea2-5e1e-8f86-1d7f846cd7cb)

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Chapter 1 (#uce120e3d-9153-5c82-8952-db3d1047930d)

Chapter 2 (#u8c2969a2-fdc9-5a5a-8563-9322982a5ae6)

Chapter 3 (#u05da0683-49f6-5bb5-aab0-75ce90db5f2f)

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Chapter 5 (#ue68cc813-b932-5de2-957c-c79eca1e94e1)

Chapter 6 (#u5fbc07f5-edbd-5acc-ae16-eae642bcf448)

Chapter 7 (#ued3f91b0-db5a-5ef8-840c-654d43c5aac2)

Chapter 8 (#ud67c3c22-59d1-5282-a964-38692cec001c)

Chapter 9 (#u67f88334-b4cc-5ad1-93a3-763c08109af3)

Chapter 10 (#uf0b458c3-1d74-5175-a4b7-a8f63f37321e)

Chapter 11 (#ub509d8bf-3770-5a3f-8a3c-5e3d6af088eb)

Chapter 12 (#u68d7075a-904c-52f9-93fc-6dd9f53c6585)

Chapter 13 (#uf9c52839-18cc-5c0f-b2dc-5399cb33d90b)

Chapter 14 (#u056fdacd-3c41-5f62-aa93-d4834386ec7e)

Chapter 15 (#ufedded45-9f26-5e8f-93ab-9dd2ac58d3f4)

Chapter 16 (#uc44cf6e1-18cc-5036-a3ea-98f1428b2d44)

Chapter 17 (#u92d2ea92-2d94-57f3-ad4b-ed6eb4114328)

Chapter 18 (#u9e670664-41a5-5d16-9088-1ee9871a091e)