Tried to get to heaven on the end of a kite.
Kite string got broken, down they all fell,
Instead of going to heaven, they all went to...
It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die…The Rabbit Hunter is the sixth book in the Joona Linna series by Lars Kepler (aka husband and wife team Alexandra Coehlo Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril). Swedish cop, Linna Joona, is doing time in prison for a crime committed in the previous book in the series (which I have not read so I don't know what the crime was). He is released after the Swedish foreign minister has been murdered in a gruesome fashion and an escort who witnessed the act can shed little light on the motive or the identity of the killer. The government covers up the murder and puts pressure on the police force to solve the case. Terrorism is initially suspected and there is reason to believe that more murders will be committed. His former colleagues believe supercop Linna may be the only one who can stop it. As the bodycount continues to mount the terrorism angle proves to be a dead end and goes spectacularly wrong. The police learn there were ten murders planned and race against time to find a connection between the killings and stop the carnage. Alcoholic celebrity chef Rex Müller, his gay son and his assistant DJ Johnson play pivotal roles in this story and I waited for that puzzle piece to fall into place. The book is breakneck-paced, suspenseful and cringe-makingly violent (if you are an animal lover you're not going to like the rabbit parts). I found the plot rather far-fetched but it kept me hooked even though I don't generally read thrillers.
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