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Der Alarm kommt in der Nacht. Auf einem Stockholmer Campingplatz wurden Einbrecher gesichtet. Vor Ort bietet sich der Polizei in einem Wohnwagen dann ein ...

You need clues. You need time. You need a motive. You won’t have any of them.When a whole family is murdered in Stockholm, Detective Inspector Joona Linna knows there is only one person who can help find the perpetrator. Erik Maria Bark, retired hypnotist, is called in to work with Josef Ek, a fifteen-year-old boy who witnessed the brutal murder of his family.Following a series of accusations by his patients, Erik is reluctant to return to his craft but makes an exception for Joseph Ek

Three years ago, Saga Bauer received a postcard with a threatening text about a gun with nine white bullets - one of which is waiting for Detective Joona Linna. But time passed and the threat faded. Until now....

Detective Joona Linna is on leave dealing with personal and professional issues when he gets pulled into the investigation of a horrific murder at a home for wayward teenage girls. One girl is dead, and another is missing. The local police want to close the case quickly, especially after they discover a bloody hammer under the missing girl's bed. But a woman claiming to see visions of the murdered girl insists there is more going on than meets the eye, and Joona is inclined to believe her. As he digs deeper into the case, he finds himself in dark and dangerous territory.

Sixteen-year-old Jenny Lind is kidnapped in broad daylight on her way home from school and thrown into the back of a truck. She’s taken to a dilapidated house, where she and other girls face horrors far beyond their worst nightmares. Though they’re desperate to escape, their captor foils everyone of their attempts. Five years later, Jenny’s body is found hanging in a playground, strung up with a winch on a rainy night.

The Swedish National Crime Unit receives a video of a young woman in her home, clearly unaware that she's being watched. Soon after the tape is received, the woman's body is found horrifically mutilated. With the arrival of the next, similar video, the police understand that the killer is toying with them, warning of a new victim, knowing there's nothing they can do.

It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die. A masked stranger stands in the shadows. He watches his victim through the window. He will kill him slowly - make him pay. Soon the Rabbit Hunter has claimed another three victims. This predator will stop at nothing to reap his ultimate revenge. It’s up to Joona Linna and Saga Bauer to untangle one of the most complex cases of their career, and follow the killer’s trail of destruction back to one horrific night of violence.

The police are desperate for information on the triple homicide. Detective Joona Linna enlists the help of hypnotist Erik Maria Bark. But when Bark unlocks the secrets in the boy’s memory, he triggers a terrifying chain of events that will put all their lives in jeopardy.

All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. At first, it seems coincidental that their underworld affiliations are finally catching up to them. But when two of the victims are found to have disturbing connections to Detective Joona Linna, it becomes clear that there’s a single killer at work. Still, police are reluctant to launch an investigation. If a mysterious vigilante is making their jobs easier, why stand in his way?

Three years ago, Detective Saga Bauer received an ominous postcard describing a gun and nine white bullets—one of which was intended for her partner, Detective Joona Linna. The sender alleged that Saga was the only person who could save him. But as time passed, the threat faded. Until now.

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.

Police discover the lifeless body of a young woman on an abandoned yacht. The next day, a man is found hanging in his apartment. When Detectives Joona Linna and Saga Bauer uncover a surprising connection between the two deaths, they realize they are up against a brutal killer and a ruthless business tycoon who preys on his victims’ worst nightmares to achieve his sinister ends.

It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die.... The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s best-selling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. There’s a face at the window. A stranger wearing a mask stands in the shadow of a garden. He’s watching his first victim through the window. He will kill him slowly, make it last - play him a nursery rhyme - make him pay.

The chilling phenomenon begins again. On a summer night the dead body of a woman is found on board an abandoned pleasure boat drifting around in the Stockholm archipelago. Her lungs are filled with brackish water, but there are no traces of this water on her clothes or other parts of her body. Detective Inspector Joona Linna takes up the case. Forensics state that it was a simple drowning, that she must have been pulled aboard the boat which explains the lack of brackish water.

Der Serienmörder folgt einem perfiden Muster: Er sucht nach Frauen, die alleine leben. Er filmt sie abends durch das erleuchtete Fenster und stellt den voyeuristischen Clip auf YouTube. Und dann ermordet er die Frauen. Die Kriminalpolizei versucht alles, um einen nächsten Mord zu verhindern. Aber der Mörder ist ihnen immer einen Schritt voraus. Beim vierten Mordopfer ist das Muster jedoch durchbrochen: Die Ermittler finden am Tatort einen bewusstlosen Mann. Ist er etwa der Täter?

Hat Jurek Walter überlebt? Der gefährlichste Serienmörder Schwedens wurde vor Jahren für tot erklärt. Er war bei einem dramatischen Polizeieinsatz von mehreren Kugeln getroffen in den Fluss gestürzt. Seine Leiche wurde jedoch niemals gefunden. Als nun der Schädel von Joonna Linnas toter Ehefrau in der Wohnung eines Grabschänders entdeckt und eine perfide Mordserie aus ganz Europa gemeldet wird, ahnt Joona Linna das Unvorstellbare: Der Albtraum ist nicht zu Ende, und der grausame Serienmörder droht, alle lebendig zu begraben, die Joona lieb sind.

Seventeen-year-old Jenny is abducted in broad daylight and taken to a dilapidated, isolated house where she is chained and caged along with several other girls. Their captor is unpredictable, and as wily as he is cruel: he foils every one of their desperate attempts to escape...and once caught they rarely survive their punishment. Five years later, Jenny is found dead in a public park, and the police are scrambling to find a lead among the scant evidence. But Detective Joona Linna realizes that this murder has an eerie connection to a death that was declared a suicide years before.

Stockholm. In einem wohlhabenden Viertel geschieht ein bestialischer Mord. Die Polizei ist gleich vor Ort, hält den Fall jedoch geheim. Sie kontaktiert Joona Linna, der momentan seine Gefängnisstrafe absitzt. Bei einem geheimen Treffen bittet man ihn, die Mörderjagd aus dem Gefängnis heraus zu leiten. Als er merkt, dass man ihm Fakten vorenthält, ist es bereits zu spät. Er ist schon zu sehr in den Fall verwickelt, um auszusteigen. Von nun an ist er auf sich gestellt - und eine für ihn lebensgefährliche Jagd beginnt.

Thrillermesteren Lars Kepler er tilbage med det syvende bind i serien om kriminalkommissær Joona Linna. En død mand bliver fundet i en lejlighed i Oslo. Da politiet åbner køkkenets fryser, gør de et gruopvækkende fund. Ofret viser sig at være en hidtil ukendt gravskænder og trofæsamler. Nogle dage senere kontakter en tysk kommissær Joona Linna og beder om hjælp til en mordsag på en campingplads uden for Rostock. Joona forstår, at mønstret, som viser sig, er sindssygt og samtidig umuligt at ignorere. Nogle vil kalde det et mirakel, at man genopstår fra de døde - andre vil kalde det et mareridt.

Keiner kann sich vor dem Sandmann verstecken. Schlaf besser nicht ein. Der Albtraum hat schon begonnen - Jurek Walter sitzt seit Jahren in Isolationshaft. Niemand darf ohne Aufsicht seine Zelle betreten. Dem Serienmörder wird zugetraut, auch hinter Gittern noch schreckliches Unheil anzurichten. Als eines seiner letzten Opfer plötzlich lebendig wieder auftaucht, steht für Kommissar Joona Linna fest, dass der Mörder einen Komplizen haben muss.