The Sandman: A novel (Unabridged)
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
“With its tight, staccato chapters and cast of dangerous wraiths lurking everywhere, The Sandman is a nonstop fright.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
The #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game.
Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen years earlier, he went missing along with his younger sister. They were long thought to have been victims of Sweden's most notorious serial killer, Jurek Walter, now serving a life sentence in a maximum security psychiatric hospital. Now Mikael tells the police that his sister is still alive and being held by someone he knows only as the Sandman. Years ago, Detective Inspector Joona Linna made an excruciating personal sacrifice to ensure Jurek's capture. He is keenly aware of what this killer is capable of, and now he is certain that Jurek has an accomplice. He knows that any chance of rescuing Mikael's sister depends on getting Jurek to talk, and that the only agent capable of this is Inspector Saga Bauer, a twenty-seven-year-old prodigy. She will have to go under deep cover in the psychiatric ward where Jurek is imprisoned, and she will have to find a way to get to the psychopath before it's too late--and before he gets inside her head.
Customer Reviews
Love Keppler’s books
Love Keppler’s books, but when you read them, you get the idea that everyone in Sweden is either psychologically damaged, stupid, cruel, naive, incapable of effective communication, or a murderous psychopath.
Overrated
This story is full of unrelatable characters in unpronounceable locations acting in unbelievable ways.
A big plot twist that we are supposed to find shocking is as old as time.
Not sure who the technical advisor was for this, but it should’ve been reviewed by a medical professional and a law enforcement advisor.
There’s just too many ridiculous happenstances.
I found myself not caring at all if the protagonist live or die because they just aren’t relatable.
Perhaps this is all a cultural disconnect on my part who knows.