The No 1 Swedish thriller by the author of The Hypnotist and The Fire WitnessHe'
s Sweden's most prolific serial killer.Jurek Walter is serving a life sentence.
Kept in solitary confinement, he is still considered extremely dangerous by psyc
hiatric staff.He'll lull you into a sense of calm.Mikael knows him as "the sandm
an". Seven years ago, he was taken from his bed along with his sister.
They a
re both presumed dead.He has one target left.When Mikael is discovered on a rail
way line, close to death, the hunt begins for his sister. To get to the truth, D
etective Inspector Joona Linna will need to get closer than ever to the man who
stripped him of a family; the man who wants Linna dead.