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Stalker by Lars Kepler
4.0
Lars Kepler’s Stalker is hard to classify. This novel is a crime narrative, and it contains elements of mystery, police procedures, action , adventure, psychological thriller, and even a bit of classic noir..the length of the book make it considerably longer than most contemporary novels in the genre and allows the author to develop a few intertwined narratives.
Spoiler free review: The Swedish police recieves a link to a short YouTube video showing a woman in her bedroom, filmed secretly from the outside. Soon after, the woman is found murdered, her face mutilated by multiple stab wounds in a horrific attack. When a second video is received, the police knows a serial killer is on the loose.Detective Margot Silverman, who is pregnant, is given the case, and the first things she does is ask Detective Joona Linna for help, and Linna brings in Erik Maria Bark, a renowned hypnotist who has helped Linna in previous cases. The trio tries to get to the person behind the videos.As they dig into the past one of Bark's secrets starts to haunt him.He puts a man in an asylum years before for a similar crime, but the new crimes start to make him think that he made a big mistake and placed the wrong man away. What follows is a sprawling, edgy and graphic narrative. The fast paced chapters and devious plot twists makes you eager to find the identity of the stalker.When you read the descriptions of the killings in the early chapters ,you feel like you are in steep descent of a roller coaster
This is one of those rare books that make writing a synopsis almost impossible.
It's definitely a wild ride and a smart whodunit.
Spoiler free review: The Swedish police recieves a link to a short YouTube video showing a woman in her bedroom, filmed secretly from the outside. Soon after, the woman is found murdered, her face mutilated by multiple stab wounds in a horrific attack. When a second video is received, the police knows a serial killer is on the loose.Detective Margot Silverman, who is pregnant, is given the case, and the first things she does is ask Detective Joona Linna for help, and Linna brings in Erik Maria Bark, a renowned hypnotist who has helped Linna in previous cases. The trio tries to get to the person behind the videos.As they dig into the past one of Bark's secrets starts to haunt him.He puts a man in an asylum years before for a similar crime, but the new crimes start to make him think that he made a big mistake and placed the wrong man away. What follows is a sprawling, edgy and graphic narrative. The fast paced chapters and devious plot twists makes you eager to find the identity of the stalker.When you read the descriptions of the killings in the early chapters ,you feel like you are in steep descent of a roller coaster
This is one of those rare books that make writing a synopsis almost impossible.
It's definitely a wild ride and a smart whodunit.