The Fire Witness
WAKE UP TO TRUE EVILThe third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.ONE GIRL IS DEADAt a home for troubled girls, a young girl has been brutally murdered during the night. Her body is found arranged in bed with her hands covering her eyes.ONE GIRL IS MISSINGVicky Bennet is the only girl unaccounted for. When a bloody hammer is discovered under her pillow, it appears that she was more than just a witness to the killing.ONE GIRL CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN IT ALLDetective Inspector Joona Linna is called in to piece the evidence together. But the case quickly descends into darker, more violent territory, leading him finally to a shocking confrontation with the past.
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THE FIRE WITNESS
LARS KEPLER
Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
This is entirely a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real events, businesses, organizations and localities are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters and incidents are either the product of the authorâs imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2013
Copyright © Lars Kepler 2011
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Originally published in 2011 by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Sweden, as Eldvittnet
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âA terrifying and original readâSun
âA rollercoaster ride of a thriller full of striking twistsâ Mail on Sunday
âSensationalâ Lee Child
âAn international book written for an international audienceâ Huffington Post
âFerocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness. Itâs stunningâ Daily Mail
âOne of the best â if not the best â Scandinavian crime thrillers Iâve readâ Sam Baker, Red
âA creepy and compulsive crime thrillerâ Mo Hayder
âIntelligent, original and chillingâ Simon Beckett
âMesmerizing ⦠a bad dream that takes hold and wonât let goâ Wall Street Journal
âOne of the most hair-raising crime novels published this yearâ Sunday Times
âGrips you round the throat until the final twistâ Woman & Home
âA serious, disturbing, highly readable novel that is finally a meditation on evilâ Washington Post
âA genuine chiller ⦠deeply scarifying stuffâ Independent
âFar above your average thriller ⦠youâll be terrifiedâ Evening Standard
âA pulse-pounding debut that is already a native smashâ Financial Times
âThe cracking pace and absorbing story mean it cannot be missedâ Courier Mail
âUtterly outstandingâ Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Denmark
âDisturbing, dark and twistedâ Easy Living
âCreepy and addictiveâ She
âBrilliant, well written and very satisfying. A superb thrillerâ De Telegraaf, Netherlands
and all liars shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone
Revelations 21:8
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