The Sandman

The Sandman
Lars Kepler

HE’LL STEAL YOU IN YOUR SLEEPThe fourth gripping serial killer thriller in the No.1 bestselling Joona Linna series. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo.HE’S SWEDEN’S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER.Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence. Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psychiatric staff.HE’LL LULL YOU INTO A SENSE OF CALM.Mikael knows him as “the sandman”. Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister. They are both presumed dead.HE HAS ONE TARGET LEFT.When Mikael is discovered on a railway line, close to death, the hunt begins for his sister. To get to the truth, Detective Inspector Joona Linna will need to get closer than ever to the man who stripped him of a family; the man who wants Linna dead.

THE SANDMAN

LARS KEPLER

Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

Copyright © Lars Kepler 2012

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Originally published in 2012 by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Sweden, as Sandmannen

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‘A terrifying and original read’

Sun

‘A rollercoaster ride of a thriller full of striking twists’

Mail on Sunday

‘Sensational’

Lee Child

‘An international book written for an international audience’

Huffington Post

‘Ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness. It’s stunning’

Daily Mail

‘One of the best – if not the best – Scandinavian crime thrillers I’ve read’

Sam Baker,Red

‘A creepy and compulsive crime thriller’

Mo Hayder

‘Intelligent, original and chilling’

Simon Beckett

‘Mesmerizing … a bad dream that takes hold and won’t let go’

Wall Street Journal

‘One of the most hair-raising crime novels published this year’

Sunday Times

‘Grips you round the throat until the final twist’

Woman & Home

‘A serious, disturbing, highly readable novel that is finally a meditation on evil’

Washington Post

‘A genuine chiller … deeply scarifying stuff’