Hypnotist by Lars Kepler, HarperCollins, $29.99.
Riddled with irresistible, nail-biting suspense, this first-class Scandinavian thriller is one of the best I’ve ever read!
When a Stockholm family is brutally murdered, surviving son, Josef Ek, remains seriously injured in hospital and in no condition to be questioned by police.
Retired hypnotist, Erik Maria Bark, reluctantly agrees to help with the interrogation and a shocking discovery forces him to revisit his own terrifying past to uncover the truth.
A chilling psychological page turner reminiscent of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series. If you are going to read one Swedish crime novel this year, it has to be this one.