Reviews

• “The Swedish master of slow-build terror returns…truly goose pimple inducing suspense”

• “The Swedes seem to be cornering the market in creepy crime fiction, and this chiller will appeal to fans of Stieg Larsson … A compelling and scary psychological thriller”

• “I have yet to finish the novel, but I would still dare to recommend Johan Theorin’s new book, The Asylum. It’s terrifying, and something entirely different from his Öland Quartet”

• “Johan Theorin’s new novelThe Asylum is a psychological thriller that keeps the tension at maximum level all the way till end. He skillfully weaves the threads of the plot into an unpredictable weave without getting choppy or evoking a sense of overdoing it. /…/ Theorin knows that there are no simple solutions, and that not all that’s unpleasant can be shut away. A fact that kept me wide awake under the reading light all night”

• “The Asylum is a high class suspense novel that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat throughout the book”

• “A psychological story where the suspense grows with every page, skillfully worked through, and man’s evil becomes that which sends chills down your spine. Johan Theorin truly is one of our greatest suspense writers. Even without Öland”

• “High voltage psychological suspense”

• “Theorin’s characters are Janus-faced, no one is harmless, and cruel surprises lurk in every dark corner: exceptionally unique and extremely sinister”

• “The Asylum is a psychological masterpiece which excels in modest simplicity, finesse and intelligent suppressed tension”

• “A dark, brilliant novel”

• “The Asylum is a fabulous book. […] Well-crafted, intriguing and suspenseful.”