Stalker

Saul Reichlin continues his narration of Kepler's Joona Linna series, set in Sweden. Detective Margot Silverman and her colleagues in the Swedish National Crime Unit track down a serial killer who posts voyeuristic videos of his victims. Silverman is joined by Detective Joona Linna and psychiatrist-hypnotist Erik Maria Bark as they search for the sadistic killer by hypnotizing suspects and investigating clues. Reichlin adopts a stiff, almost stilted, pace that drags the listener from one vicious murder to the next. The slow, pedantic narrative is interspersed with more fluid dialogue. Reichlin uses a combination of British-European pronunciations with nary a Scandinavian accent, although terms and place names audibly match country and language. Extremely violent murder scenes and explicit descriptions of sexual acts may disturb some listeners. M.B.K. � AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine