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Mystery · 2014 · R

Stalker

by Lars Kepler

A disturbing video of a woman appears online — and the next morning she is dead

For17+GenreMysteryLength490 pagesRead time~12 hours

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Violence

Very heavy

Serial killer filming and murdering women; graphic crime scenes; intense thriller violence

Language

Some

Moderate language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Voyeuristic content — killer films women without knowledge; disturbing context

Substance Use

Barely any

Minimal substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Strong psychological intensity; surveillance horror; killer's careful observation of victims; Joona Linna personally at risk

What this book is about

Someone sends Detective Joona Linna a video of a woman going about her evening routine, filmed without her knowledge. The next morning, the woman is found dead. The pattern repeats. Kepler's fifth Joona Linna novel is a surveillance thriller about the terror of being watched — and of a killer who films his victims before he kills them.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Voyeuristic serial killing

Filmed victims

Graphic violence

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