The Sandman

Author: Lars Kepler
Genre: Fiction/Thriller

The fourth book in the Joona Linna book series.  

The book is awesome to the word. A serial killer with a brilliant mind and a reason for his gruesome and sadistic acts. The pace is deadly and melodramatic at times but it sure is a page turner.

The climax is a total clincher.

The Hypnotist

Author: Lars Kepler ()
Genre: Fiction/Thriller

The first book in the Joona Linna book series.  

Starts off on a promising note. The first set of murders and the background kind of shakes you up. The writing here is brilliant. To solve the murder mystery detective Linna takes the help of the hypnotist Dr. Erik Maria Bark. The hympotist probes the lone survivor and the outcome is deadly ...in the literal sense. The gruesome murders mystery unravels, but life takes a turn for Dr.Bark who now has to save his son too.

The book has a fantastic start and crisp narration but it climaxes in a mediocre way.