Thepolicereceiveavideoclipofawomaninawindowandreasonthat someonemusthavebeenstandinginthegardenjustoutsideherhousetobeable tofilmher.Thenextdaythewomanisfounddeadinherhome,thevicious violenceofthesceneshockseventhemostseasonedinvestigators. Afewdayslater,anotherclipissentanonymouslytothepolice,butthere'snoway ofidentifyingthewomanbeforeshetoofallsvictimtoabrutalattack.Whenhe findsher,thewoman'shusbandissotraumatizedbytheviolentscenethat,ina stateofpanic,hestartscleaningthehouse.Heevenwashesthebloodfromhis wife'sbodyandputshertobed,asifnothingisthematter.Hemayhaveseena vitalcluebutisinsuchanextremestateofshock,andseemstobesufferingfrom short-termmemorylossthatthepolicecannotusefullyquestionhim. CriminalpsychiatristandhypnotistErikMariaBarkiscalledinhypnotizetheman inordertounlockhismemoriesofthemurderscene.ButwhatDrBarkuncovers inhissessionswiththedeadwoman'shusbandmakehimdecidetolietothe police. ItbecomesclearthatthecasecannotbesolvedwithoutthehelpofDetective JoonaLinna,themanwho'sbeenmissingformorethanayearandhasbeen presumeddead.From the Trade Paperback edition.
ISBN: | 9780771043499 |
Publication date: | 10th May 2016 |
Author: | Kepler, Lars |
Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart |
Format: | Ebook (Epub) |
Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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