Lars Kepler is a No.1 bestselling international sensation, whose Joona Linna thrillers have sold more than 12 million copies in 40 languages. The first book in the series, The Hypnotist, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and the most recent, Stalker, went straight to No.1 in Sweden, Norway, Holland and Slovakia.Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for writing duo, Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril. They live with their family in Sweden.

'Kepler's plots are always thrilling, but The Sandman is one of the most hair-raising crime novels published this year' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Hurtles along ... full of nuanced detail which sets it far above the average thriller ... You'll be terrified' EVENING STANDARD Praise for Lars Kepler: 'Taking Europe by storm...ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness' DAILY MAIL 'Deeply scarifying stuff' INDEPENDENT 'Kepler has a direct line to a very dark place in the human soul' Lev Grossman, TIME

Lars Kepler is a No.1 bestselling international sensation, whose Joona Linna thrillers have sold more than 12 million copies in 40 languages. The first book in the series, The Hypnotist, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and the most recent, Stalker, went straight to No.1 in Sweden, Norway, Holland and Slovakia.Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for writing duo, Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril. They live with their family in Sweden.

'Kepler's plots are always thrilling, but The Sandman is one of the most hair-raising crime novels published this year' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Hurtles along ... full of nuanced detail which sets it far above the average thriller ... You'll be terrified' EVENING STANDARD Praise for Lars Kepler: 'Taking Europe by storm...ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness' DAILY MAIL 'Deeply scarifying stuff' INDEPENDENT 'Kepler has a direct line to a very dark place in the human soul' Lev Grossman, TIME