Reviews

• “The ability of Kepler to ratchet up the tension en route to a stunning reveal and an eminently fair solution is remarkable. This merits comparisons with the best of Thomas Harris.”

• “A bar-raising entry in a series that unfailingly blends streamlined plotting, smart psychological suspense, and explosive conclusions with gritty portrayals of human evil.”

• “Tantalizing … [toys] with the reader with a major red herring.”

• “Lars Kepler brings action, suspense, and heart-wrenching moments to The Mirror Man, the eighth novel in the Joona Linna Killer Instinct series. This is an unforgettable police procedural and crime thriller /…/ an intense, dark, and gritty story with complex characters that kept me turning the pages.”

• “It takes a mental diving suit to navigate this blood-soaked horror crime story.”

• “There’s no doubt that the Keplers know their storyteller job.”

• “An adrenalin rush you do not want to let go of! Another nerve-wracking crime thriller featuring Joona Linna.”

• “The eighth installment featuring police detective Joona Linna flows across the pages; Kepler’s storytelling is incredibly efficient and engrossing. /…/ Just when I start to feel smart and think that I have figured out who the murderer is, I’m completely fooled by the author duo – it’s a twist out of this world and totally surprising. Kepler is hard to beat in the crime genre, even on an international level.”

• “Just like its prequels, The Mirror Man is outrageously gripping and suspenseful. The prose and dialogues are reader friendly without feeling thin. The characters are complex but not complicated. Joona Linna is his usual self but here he offers a bit more of himself to the reader, just like when you explore a deeper dimension with an old friend. But there are certain pivotal differences that make The Mirror Man unique. One thing that separates the book from earlier works is the plot, that almost seem to surpass the storyline. The recent books featuring Joona Linna have offered familiar characters and milieus and a deepening of already existing conflicts, but in The Mirror Man we are introduced to a whole new kind of evil. This entices the reader to keep reading, to try to solve the mystery before it’s too late, since it’s not at all certain that Linna will make it this time. By this, Kepler manages to maintain the quality, not only in the perseverance of the series, but also as crime authors, even at the eighth installment.”