There are several sub-plots running concurrently, for example the one concerning the medium and it's not readily apparent until late on how they tie together. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. And here, in these books, they are uniquely drawn. A poster falls to the floor. The Rabbit Hunter: A novel (Killer Instinct), Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for a literary couple who live in Sweden. We are very fortunate that in the last dozen years, our publishers decided to give us the best of the Scandinavian noir. The key character is the policeman in charge of the case, who is asked to participate in solving the murder, but he finds it is not as simple as that! Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sarah Crichton, $27 (512p) ISBN 978-0-374-29866-1 ... Buy this book. And, extinguished. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2017. The Fire Witness: A Novel (Detective Inspector Joona Linna): Kepler, Lars, Wideburg, Laura A.: 9780374298661: Amazon.com: Books. Buy options Synopsis. Points to a young inmate, who has run off. Convoluted This was a disappointment! That’s the pseudonym of the Swedish husband-and-wife team of Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril. Elisabet stands still, listening, as she looks out into the hallway. Affordable books. After reading the Hypnotist I had to read two different books by way of a break from the intensity of the story. Every serial killer is, of course, unique. We have no way of knowing when we’ll suddenly accelerate, stop, slowdown, turn a hard left or run into a tree. Both are successful novelists in their own right. Their internationally bestselling Joona Linna series has sold more than ten million copies in forty languages. But Hansen insists that the murder weapon was, in fact, a stone. I'd love to see a live Saga! To continue. Dark, cerebral, brooding, far cry from the average American fare. No, this book is completely “as seen” from Junna Linna’s perspective, a suspended police detective, a shining, almost casual genius who follows only his own rules. If you’re a fan of Nordic Noir and enjoy the likes of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Jo Nesbø, you’re certain to love the Joona Linna series of detective novels from Lars Kepler. Add to Wish List. There are several sub-plots running concurrently, for example the one concerning the medium and it's not readily apparent until late on how they tie together. The Fire Witness is the third installment in the Joona Linna series by critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril, writing as “Lars Kepler”. Buy a cheap copy of The Fire Witness book by Lars Kepler. And, it has pushed it’s way into our world, and remains, for a DEADLY PURPOSE. Be eliminated. THE FIRE WITNESS is the third in a series of novels featuring Detective Inspector Joona Linna and the latest to be published in English, thanks to the fine efforts of Laura A. Wideburg. I found the writing style rather simplistic in places and sometimes quite awkward as if something has been lost in translation. In ways, he is always trying always to escape himself, “get past himself”, but has no choice but to relentlessly push against “the sacred door” which separates us from the horror locked inside. Thus, in tragic ways, HE is the ultimate victim of the murderers he investigates. She has cheerful eyes, and when she smiles you can see that one of her front teeth sticks out a little farther than the other. The characters are unique and utterly compelling. But, the level of detection necessary to identify the beasts, who wear as a disguise a “normal human face”, is a detection capacity as rare as both the beast and of Joona himself. She hurried to the TV room, where she found Miranda attacking little Tuula, yelling that Tuula was a cunt and a whore, dragging her off the sofa, then kicking her in the back. The room gets darker when the computer shuts down. Smart, beautifully written book that stays within you for a long time. The Fire Witness: A Novel (Detective Inspector Joona Linna). Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! To satisfy it’s singular need. $16.95 . Joona LIVES his cases because he has sacrificed everything else; family, friends, career, love itself, in order to protect everyone, particularly those he loves and otherwise “disappoints”. With the hate, vengeance and passion necessary to sustain and justify the taking of other lives. Mason.It was adapted by Mason from a 1911 play he had written. This is a very good book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2015. The Fire Witness (Joona Linna) Paperback – 8 May 2014 by Lars Kepler (Author) › Visit Amazon's Lars Kepler Page. After dinner, the housekeeper went home, leaving Elisabet on her own. Elisabet is about to check on her through the peephole when she sees that there’s someone standing in the alcove. She immediately realizes how dangerous the situation is, but fear makes her slow. People being desperately united, a trial’s verdict, a tearful reunion. One of her legs folds beneath her as she lands awkwardly on her hip. A shadow slipping past. Her little habit, she likes to joke. His own impulses. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard trade paperback. She pulls her cardigan tighter around herself and thinks about how nice a glass of red wine would be. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. A brilliant addition to the pantheon of Nordic Noir hero-detectives, Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2020. The key character is the policeman in charge of the case, who is asked to participate in solving the murder, but he finds it is not as simple as that! After the Fire Witness I now need to have another break! She only thinks to run for her life when the floor creaks. Unable to add item to List. She reaches the front door, fumbles, but manages to open it and run out into the cool night air; but she slips on the porch steps. The Fire Witness: A Joona Linna Novel. Be eliminated. He knows that it is HIS responsibility to save us from the Evil that only he can see. And, he FASCINATES (GAWD, I go on and on). There’s a brief tug--of--war, and then the door simply glides open. A brilliant addition to the pantheon of Nordic Noir hero-detectives, Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2020. Buy a cheap copy of The Fire Witness: A Novel (Detective Inspector Joona Linna) by Lars Kepler 0374298661 9780374298661 - A gently used book at a great low price. Yet when a young woman is brutally murdered at a rural home for wayward girls, she begins to suffer visions that are all too real. At first it hits you with a double murder and intrigue at a kind of remand home for girls. Please try again. In Witness to the Fire, Linda Schierse Leonard, Ph.D., explores the dark and fiery journey of transformation from the bondage of addiction to the freedom of recovery through creativity. One that, perhaps, is perpetual for Joona. Elisabet stands perfectly still, staring off into the darkness. Though she looks for movement in the dark hallway, everything is still. His own powers of deduction, which are remarkable and completely plausible. Linna refuses to accept the easy answers, and his search leads him into darker, more violent territory―and to a shocking confrontation with a figure from his past. Please try your request again later. 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