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Loading... The Hypnotist: A Novel (original 2009; edition 2011)by Lars Kepler, Ann Long (Translator)
Work InformationThe Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (2009)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. One of the worst books I've ever read. Poorly written & implausibly plotted. The only book in my list I've given one star. ( ) I very seldom quit reading a book but gave up on this one at chapter 65 (of 110). Although described as a crime thriller, I found the writing tedious in the extreme. The authors keep adding new characters to try and move the plot along but does not help. Keep hoping to find another Jo Nesbo, but not here.
Linna and Bark make a great crime-solving pair precisely because they puzzle each other so thoroughly—says Bark, for instance, “The patient always speaks the truth under hypnosis. But it’s only a matter of what he himself perceives as the truth.” To which Linna responds, “What is it you’re trying to say?” Indeed. What Bark is trying to say is that there are monsters hiding everywhere beneath the reasonable and rational, and Kepler’s book makes for a satisfying and scary testimonial. Med kort tids mellomrom blir en far, hans kone og datter funnet brutalt myrdet på to ulike åsteder. Sønnen er så vidt i live. Noen har åpenbart ønsket å utslette hele familien. Da politimannen Jonna Linna innser at det finnes enda et gjenlevende familiemedlem, en søster, forstår han viktigheten av å finne henne før morderen gjør det. For å kunne avhøre sønnen tar Joona Linna kontakt med legen Erik Maria Bark. Han overtales til å hypnotisere gutten. Dermed bryter Bark et gammelt løfte om aldri mer å praktisere hypnose, og en skremmende kjede av hendelser settes i gang.Hypnotisøren er første bok i en ny serie, og den har gjort stor suksess i Sverige. Oh, krimihjerte, hvad vil du mere! Overbevisende. Drama i bunker og masser af spænding ... Guf for den kræsne krimilæsere En forrygende cocktail: tiltrækkende, frastødende og vildt spændende! Hvilken hypnotiserende læseoplevelse! Man kan rolig glæde sig .. ***** Is contained inAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML: An international sensation, The Hypnotist is set to appear in thirty-seven countries, and it has landed at the top of bestseller lists wherever it's been published??in France, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark. Now it's America's turn. Combining the addictive power of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy with the storytelling drive of The Silence of the Lambs, this adrenaline-drenched thriller is spellbinding from its very first page. Tumba, Sweden. A triple homicide??all the victims from the same family??captivates Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate the grisly murders??against the wishes of the national police. The killer is at large, and it appears that the elder sister of the family escaped the carnage; it seems only a matter of time until she, too, is murdered. But where can Linna begin? The only surviving witness is the boy whose mother, father, and little sister were killed before his eyes. Whoever committed the crimes intended for this boy to die: he has suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and lapsed into a state of shock. He's in no condition to be questioned. Desperate for information, Linna sees one mode of recourse: hypnotism. He enlists Dr. Erik Maria Bark to mesmerize the boy, hoping to discover the killer through his eyes. It's the sort of work that Bark had sworn he would never do again??ethically dubious and psychically scarring. When he breaks his promise and hypnotizes the victim, a long and terrifying chain of events begins to unfurl. A #1 bestselling international sensation sure to please fans of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, The Hypnotist is the first novel in a series. With its pulse-pounding hooks and twists, it announces a stirring new contribution to the annals of crim No library descriptions found.
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