by Lars Kepler
First published 2022
Three years ago, Saga Bauer received a postcard containing an ominous message about a gun loaded with nine white bullets. One of those bullets waits for Joona Linna. The card claimed she alone could save him. She showed Joona the threat, but time passed and it seemed like empty provocation. Now the threat becomes real. A sack containing an almost completely decomposed body turns up strapped to a tree in Kapellskär. At the crime scene, investigators find a milk-white shell casing. Through elaborate puzzles, a savage killer begins giving police the chance to stop a series of murders. Joona Linna and Saga Bauer fight side by side to solve the puzzle and rescue the intended victims before time runs out. The violent hunt grows increasingly desperate. This serial killer may be impossible to stop. They may already be trapped in the spider's web.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, race-against-time
Setting: Kapellskär
536 pages · Paperback · Porto Editora
Content warnings: murder, violence