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Violence
Very heavy
Victims buried alive; extreme violence; serial killer of near-unmatched brutality
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Extreme psychological horror; Jurek Walter is one of crime fiction's most terrifying villains; buried alive scenarios; desperation and darkness throughout
What this book is about
Jurek Walter, one of the most dangerous criminals in Sweden's history, is serving a sentence in a high-security psychiatric unit. When a man appears — half-dead — from the tunnels beneath Stockholm, he claims to know where Jurek has buried his victims alive. Detective Joona Linna must risk everything to save the survivors before they die. One of the darkest entries in the Joona Linna series.
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Buried alive horror
Extreme serial killer violence
Extremely graphic content
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