Joona Linna (29 books in series)
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review 1: Read this book really fast. And I loved it. This was my second Lars Kepler book and I'm not disappointed. In fact, Stalker only made me more curious about Lars Kepler's other books. The great thing about Stalker is that this could really happen. It's not a fantasy story, there wa...
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review 1: I had high expectations about this after reading The Hypnotist - but the book didn't meet them. The book is way to long and have all sort of small stories from people with little connection to the plot. There was only two parts where you got that extra heartbeat and wanted to rea...
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review 1: Vauhtia ja vaarallisia tilanteita. Noin 27 ruumista. Aivan liikaa siis. Voi hyvin kuvitella, kuinka vastenmielinen lopputulos saadaan, jos tästä tehdään leffa. Tai ehkä se on jo tehty. Kummallista kyllä, Kepler tai siis Keplerin takana piileskelevä pariskunta kirjoittaa ihan hyvi...
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review 1: Penelope and her boyfriend Bjorn are joined at the last minute on their boating trip by Penelope's sister 'Viola'. Viola is murdered and Penelope and her boyfriend are on the run. Meanwhile, an important government official has apparently committed suicide. These two seemingly un...
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review 1: Kepler returns with another sadistic thriller, placing Detective Inspector Joona Linna in a place of greater prominence. What do a woman found drowned on the dock of a pleasure ship left adrift and a man left hanging in his barren apartment have in common? Leave it to Linna to fi...
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review 1: Lars Kepler è in realtà lo pseudonimo di due scrittori (Alexander e Alexandra, così non ci si sbaglia) marito e moglie, che invece di discutere come tutte le coppie normali per l’arredamento del salotto, si beccano su cosa far dire e fare al personaggio di loro invenzione, Joona ...
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review 1: There is something oddly enjoyable about listening to a bad book well read. While I'm exaggerating on the quality of the book (although not on the excellent narration), this really is an odd duck of a mystery/thriller. Seems like both authors separately wrote two dissimilar novel...
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review 1: Mi primer libro de Lars Kepler fue el hombre de arena, la cual es una novela de suspenso q realmente me cautivo por completo, por eso salte a leer el hipnostista con la misma esperanza de la novela anterior. El hipnotista es un intento de entrelazar dos historias de suspenso que ...
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review 1: Ho iniziato a leggere questo romanzo, grazie alla Mastereading Challenge a cui sto partecipando e che, in questa tappa, richiedeva la lettura di un romanzo il cui titolo facesse riferimento ad un ruolo. Da qui la scelta de “L’ipnotista”. Tuttavia, anche la trama mi sembrava curio...
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review 1: First of all I highly doubt if I can call this a joona linna book. He has had less mentions and presence in the story than Erik. Infact joona seems to be the sidekick. Moving on to the back cover of the book, it is highly deceiving. The actual book revolves around some total di...
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review 1: De politie van Zweden ontvangt een filmpje waarop een vrouw gefilmd werd terwijl ze alleen thuis is, filmpje is van buiten genomen, vanuit het donker. Er wordt niets met het filmpje gedaan, totdat er een vermoordde vrouw gevonden wordt, brutaal vermoord. Niet snel daarna volgt ee...
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review 1: Tidigare böcker av Lars Kepler har imponerat stort, denna kanske mest av alla. Vid flertalet tillfällen var jag så inne i storyn att jag faktiskt trodde att jag befann mig på plats och att jag skulle bli mördad när personerna på plats såg mig kika på dem bakom något hörn. Jag dro...
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review 1: Forfatterduoen "Lars Keplers" fjerde roman om den finsk-svenske politimannen Joona Linna. Dette er den beste av bøkene hittil, drivende godt fortalt og intens spennende. En absolutt femstjerner til tross for enkelte logiske brister. I mine øyne er den store logiske bristen i side...
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review 1: Like many others I think, I was spoiled by Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and held this book up to a similar standard. I don't know if it was the translation or the actual content, but I didn't enjoy this book. It felt like I was reading poorly written subtitles. The main protagonis...
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review 1: Jag är beredd att säga att detta är den absolut bästa deckare jag någonsin läst. Från det att jag öppnade boken hade jag svårt att släppa den. En ultimat brottshistoria med inslag av infiltration och mörkare än den mörkaste platsen på jorden. Utmärkt som deckare. Skall tilläggas ...
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review 1: Ei koskaan todellakaan tiedä mitä Joona Linna-sarjan kirja pitää sisällään...tässä kirjassa oli heti alusta lähtien aika ahdistava tunnelma ja kun kirja oli todella paksu niin tiesi että helppoa ei tule olemaan ennen kuin pääsee loppuun. Ja näinhän se oli, tyyli oli ehkä erilaise...
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review 1: WOW! Can I say WOW again? I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't know these books were a series. I ended up reading this one first.. My boyfriend happened to pick up "The Sandman" at our local Chapters. I'll be the first to admit that I am not typically a thriller kinda girl. I ...
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review 1: I enjoyed this Joona Lina book more than any of the previous books. Because I read this book shortly after I finished The Fire Witness, everything about Jurek Walter , was still fresh in my memory. The only thing that bugged me , was the fast recovery Michael made. He was confine...
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review 1: I picked it up on a lark and I could not put it down! The movement is quick and the chapters are short although the novel itself is long. Detective inspector Joona Linna is asked to observe a case of a murder that happened in a residence for special needs girls. The staff memb...
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review 1: I did not read this in Swedish, but the English translation, Fire Witness, is not posted yet. I read this 500 page book in two nights, to the detriment of my health and sanity, but it was worth it. This one was even better than the last, learning more about Joona Linna and his ...
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review 1: A great thriller!It's been a long time that I have not read something like this tense.The story begins like very horrible scene in some kind of correctional facility for troubled girls.In this center are committed two brutal murders and everything is very confusing.The girls were...
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review 1: Pro mě naveskrz průměrná kniha, přečtená na jeden zátah spíš z chuti na detektivku, než pro její zajímavost a napínavost. Rušilo mě členění do až příliš krátkých kapitol, časté rekapitulování a opakování, vytušitelnost pachatele i poměrně schematické přidělení rolí hodných a zlýc...
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review 1: Ze tří knížek, Hypnotizér, Písečný muž a Svědkyně ohně, zdaleka nejlepší. Popravdě mě Svědkyně dokonce donutila přehodnotit hodnocení Hypnotizéra, protože na rozdíl od něj nekončí děj po třetinách a další události nepůsobí jako nastavovaná kaše. V poslední kapitole jsem málem bre...
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review 1: Jestli jsem dal Paganinimu tři hvězdičky, tak si Svědkyně zaslouží minimálně silné čtyři. Kepler přidal k poutavému stylu psaní i poutavý děj, tentokrát na pěti stech stranách nenajdete jediné hluché místo - snad kromě podivného závěru, ten sice nabudil na Písečného muže, ale s d...
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review 1: At first I read only about 50 pages of this, then read several other books inbetween until I continued with this and devoured it in two evenings. This was the best one so far in the Joona Linna series. A very fast-paced thriller with a good plot. I really had to read to the end t...
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review 1: Rating 3.4* out of 5. I liked this book better than "the Hypnotist", although they both suffer from excessive lenght syndrome. Some parts of "the Nightmare" were real nail biters. Two lovers - Penelope and Bjørn - are being hunted by an assasin. All because of an innocent looking...
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review 1: This book, as a few readers already pointed out reads like a movie. Starts out strong and intriguing however after the initial excitement it just becomes a boring, already seen cliche of a crime story. You can see that the writers are trying hard to make this both a literally and...
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review 1: I was looking forward to this one for about a year, the problem with these books is, you have to hope that they will be translated fairly quickly. So, when I managed to get my little mits on it at long last this week, I could not wait to get reading, especially since there was a ...
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review 1: The best Lars Kepler novel of the three I have read so far. Following the (very violent) case through from beginning to end was easy and the book was well paced and had enough twists to keep me interested the whole way. One of those books where you have to pay attention to everyt...