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  • The Hypnotist

  • A Novel
  • By: Lars Kepler
  • Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
  • Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (435 ratings)

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The Hypnotist

By: Lars Kepler
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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Publisher's summary

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first of the Killer Instinct series featuring Detective Joona Linna: a triple murder, the one surviving witness—a boy with no memory of what happened—and the hypnotist hired to help uncover the truth.

“Full of surprises and more than enough twists to keep those pages turning well into the night.” —NPR

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.

©2018 Lars Kepler (P)2018 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“Full of surprises and more than enough twists to keep those pages turning well into the night.” —NPR

“Compellingly grisly.” —Vogue

“A gripping series of twists and turns.... A natural successor to the Stieg Larsson series.” —Parade

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Nonstop suspense

I recently discovered this author. I am hooked on the characters. Great story line, keeps you wondering.

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The book was pretty good

I enjoyed the narrator and the story was decent. I usually listen to Pendergast or The Oregon Files so I didn't really care for all the affairs and fighting between eric and Simon. Boring! If you like drama you will enjoy this story.

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Great story

Great thriller, good story, psychological thriller , gave me a moment to think about hypnosis, keeping me to listen all the time.

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I tried…

I’m not giving up. Alexa and I are looking forward to giving this Audible listen another chance. Will write more later. Over and out for now. Carry on.

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Too long

Story seemed to go on forever with too many plot lines. Also too unbelievable that someone who has been popping pills for years can just stop cold turkey without much problem and that a daughter is lighting cigarettes around her mother’s oxygen machine!

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Good story flatly read by narrator

The story was good but the narration felt flat and in some areas forced. Pedestrian.

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I just became a fan!

A very good story with plenty of details to understand and follow along all the characters involved. Joona Linna is a modern day Sherlock Holmes!

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The plot is confusing

I don't really understand: what happened to Josef and his older sister? The story seems unfinished.

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Could have been good

I wanted this book to be good, but the characters just didn't behave in a believable way. There was only a fleeting sense of urgency overall about their kidnapped child. There were a few other things that took me out of the story like sex scenes that were just sort of worked in for what seemed to be no good reason. Like they were injected into the story later just to have them there, this book needed a better editor. The reader, Saul Reichlin, was quite good as he always is. Ive got 7 hours left on this book and I just dont want to.

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Excellent dark drama

This compelling, and often creepy, story is full of suspense and twists as each chapter unfolds! Could not put it down.

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