“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
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.
Lars Kepler’s The Spider, the just published ninth book about Joona Linna, debuts at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for e-books. The novel comes in at No. 5 on the fiction list.
Three years ago, Saga Bauer received a postcard with a threating message about a gun with nine white bullets – one of them intended for Joona Linna – and Saga was the only one that could save him. Saga showed the postcard to Joona, but time passed and the threat faded as a meaningless provocation. […]
The eighth installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, The Mirror Man, was just published in Canada and comes in at No. 4 on the Globe & Mail bestseller list.
Lars Kepler’s The Mirror Man sits firmly at No. 1 on the Swedish paperback list also this week.
The Mirror Man grabs the No. 1 spot on the official paperback list in Sweden this week.