Stalker

Thepolicereceiveavideoclipofawomaninawindowandreasonthat someonemusthavebeenstandinginthegardenjustoutsideherhousetobeable tofilmher.Thenextdaythewomanisfounddeadinherhome,thevicious violenceofthesceneshockseventhemostseasonedinvestigators. Afewdayslater,anotherclipissentanonymouslytothepolice,butthere'snoway ofidentifyingthewomanbeforeshetoofallsvictimtoabrutalattack.Whenhe findsher,thewoman'shusbandissotraumatizedbytheviolentscenethat,ina stateofpanic,hestartscleaningthehouse.Heevenwashesthebloodfromhis wife'sbodyandputshertobed,asifnothingisthematter.Hemayhaveseena vitalcluebutisinsuchanextremestateofshock,andseemstobesufferingfrom short-termmemorylossthatthepolicecannotusefullyquestionhim. CriminalpsychiatristandhypnotistErikMariaBarkiscalledinhypnotizetheman inordertounlockhismemoriesofthemurderscene.ButwhatDrBarkuncovers inhissessionswiththedeadwoman'shusbandmakehimdecidetolietothe police. ItbecomesclearthatthecasecannotbesolvedwithoutthehelpofDetective JoonaLinna,themanwho'sbeenmissingformorethanayearandhasbeen presumeddead.From the Trade Paperback edition.