In the icy suburb of Tumba, Sweden, a family is slaughtered in a shocking triple homicide. The only survivor is a teenage boy, Josef Ek, left barely alive after suffering more than a hundred stab wounds. His sister has vanished, and the killer may be hunting her next.
With few clues and mounting pressure, Detective Inspector Joona Linna defies his superiors to pursue the case. Desperate for answers locked inside Josef’s shattered mind, he turns to Erik Maria Bark, a once-celebrated psychiatrist and hypnotist who has sworn never to use his controversial methods again.
When Erik finally agrees to hypnotize Josef, the revelations that surface are more disturbing than anyone expects, pulling both men into a chilling confrontation with the nature of evil and the limits of trust.
The Hypnotist launches the Joona Linna series with an intense blend of psychological suspense and Nordic noir atmosphere, ideal for readers who enjoy dark, character-driven crime fiction set against a stark Scandinavian backdrop.
- Dark, violent Scandinavian crime thriller
- Psychological tension between detective, victim, and hypnotist
- Explores memory, trauma, and moral compromise