“Kepler is a virtuoso at delivering scenes of suspense.”
Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
“Kepler will have you turning pages long after your bedtime.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Kepler [is] a master of disturbing psychological crime novels, showing the darker side of humanity.”
Library Journal
“Not surprisingly, Lars Kepler is being billed as the successor to Stieg Larsson. But Kepler, actually the pseudonym for a Swedish husband-and-wife writing team, casts a subtler, creepier spell than his countryman. /…/ Kepler has a remarkable feel for physical cruelty, and his ability to delve into a psychotic’s mind is truly shocking. Larsson is destined to have many heirs… Kepler is by far the best. /…/ It’s that good. It’s the hard stuff.”
TIME
The tenth installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, grabs the No. 1 spot on the Swedish bestseller list for the second consecutive week.
The Sleepwalker, the 10th installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, which was published earlier this week, shot straight to No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcovers.
An emergency call comes in the middle of the night, reporting an ongoing burglary at a winter-closed camping site in Bredäng outside Stockholm.The nearest police car responds to the call. There is a light on in one of the fartherst caravans in the otherwise dark area, and when the officers open the door to the caravan, they are […]
Lars Kepler is the winner of the 2023 Crime Author of the Year award, bestowed by BookBeat and the Crimetime Festival. The award is based on statistics from the three latest audiobooks by Swedish crime authors during the last 12 months and the winner was announced this weekend during an award ceremony at the Gothenburg Book Fair. […]
The ninth installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, The Spider, has debuted at No. 6 on the Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail’s bestseller list.
Oscar nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road) and Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz (Joker, Atlanta) are set to star in early-in-the-works Apple TV+ drama series Lazarus, based on Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna novels, with Øystein Karlsen to write, executive produce and direct the series. The project is a co-production between A+E Studios and Range Studios and being sold to Apple. In the series, an emaciated […]
Lars Kepler’s The Spider, the ninth installment in the Joona Linna series, was just published in the Netherlands and has entered the official Dutch bestseller list for hardcover crime & thrillers at No. 1.
The nominees for 2022’s Adlibris Awards have been announced and Lars Kepler’s The Spider is shortlisted in the Crime Fiction category. Adlibris is the leading book retailer in the Nordics and the Adlibris Award was founded in 2019 to celebrate the site’s greatest titles. The 10 nominated titles in the 9 respective categories have been selected by […]
Lars Kepler’s The Spider is No. 1 on the official weekly bestseller list for hardcover fiction in Norway. The novel comes in first on the e-book list as well.
Lars Kepler’s just published The Spider shoots to No. 1 on the weekly Swedish bestseller list for hardcovers.
