“Kepler is a virtuoso at delivering scenes of suspense.”
Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
“Kepler will have you turning pages long after your bedtime.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Kepler [is] a master of disturbing psychological crime novels, showing the darker side of humanity.”
Library Journal
“Not surprisingly, Lars Kepler is being billed as the successor to Stieg Larsson. But Kepler, actually the pseudonym for a Swedish husband-and-wife writing team, casts a subtler, creepier spell than his countryman. /…/ Kepler has a remarkable feel for physical cruelty, and his ability to delve into a psychotic’s mind is truly shocking. Larsson is destined to have many heirs… Kepler is by far the best. /…/ It’s that good. It’s the hard stuff.”
TIME
Late at night, a doctor burns to death inside the closed forensic psychiatric institution Helix. The interrogations with staff and inmates are complicated due to patient confidentiality and psychotic illnesses. After another death in the same ward, Saga Bauer accepts a top-secret assignment. She is placed as a patient among the most dangerous perpetrators in […]
Apple TV has just unveiled a first look at Nocturne, the riveting new drama based on the internationally bestselling crime novels by Lars Kepler. Nocturne will make its global debut on Friday, October 30, 2026 with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through December 25, 2026 on Apple TV. The show […]
Lars Kepler has been named the 2025 Crime Author of the Year, an award presented by BookBeat in collaboration with the Crimetime Festival. The prize is based on listening data from the three most recent audiobooks by Swedish crime authors over the past 12 months. The winner was announced this weekend during an award ceremony at […]
Emmy, SAG, and Tony-nominated actor Bill Camp (Presumed Innocent, The Queen’s Gambit) joins the series regular cast of the Apple and A+E Studios as-yet-untitled series based on the bestselling crime novels by Lars Kepler.Camp joins the previously announced stars, Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen Graham, and will play Chief Ellison, the police chief. Filming is set to […]
Apple TV+ just announced their greenlight of a riveting new series based on Lars Kepler’s internationally bestselling crime novels, starring and executive produced by Tony Award winner and Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Liev Schreiber (The Perfect Couple, Ray Donovan) and Emmy Award nominee Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Joker, Deadpool 2), and starring SAG Award winner Stephen Graham […]
The official 2024 bestseller lists in Sweden have been announced, with Lars Kepler securing the top spot in the hardcover fiction category for The Sleepwalker, released just last September.
Lars Kepler’s The Sleepwalker is shortlisted for this year’s Finnish Storytel Awards in the category Crime & Suspense. The winners will be announced at the Storytel Awards gala on March 13, 2025.
The Danish audio and e-book service Mofibo has announced this year’s nominees in the Mofibo Awards and competing for the title of Best Translated Fiction is Lars Kepler’s tenth installment in the Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker.
The official Finnish bestseller list for the month of November is out, and The Sleepwalker ranked No. 1 in the translated category for hardcover, audiobook, and e-book formats. Moreover, it secured the No. 5 spot across all formats.
Lars Kepler’s latest installment in the bestselling Joona Linna series, The Sleepwalker, debuts at No. 1 on the Czech Republic official bestseller list this week.
