The Rabbit Hunter
Lars KeplerLars Kepler’s thrillers are a special breed. Their twisty plots are propelled by thrilling action, fuel that drives the story into continually darker territory and uncovers ever-bleaker scenarios at practically every turn. Kepler conjures a world that is grotesque and human; they plunge into the seediest, sleaziest places and look straight into their joyless cores. And in this respect The Rabbit Hunter is no exception: a sprawling crime novel that will leave you feeling like you need a shower—and not just because you’ve been reading continuously for a couple of days.
From the book’s claustrophobic opening, in which a s*x worker is pursued by a violent man, then saved when he’s murdered by an intruder, the narrative expands quickly and broadly. The deceased is
