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Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure park’s equipment supply company. Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainen’s bestselling series.‘In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre‘One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour … a delight’ Vaseem Khan‘What a book! Antti has managed to put the fun into funerals and take it out of fun fairs in a gripping nail-biter … a thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell**_______________________________Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park’s main attraction?Meanwhile, Henri’s relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before it’s too late…Absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly poignant and full of nail-biting suspense, The Moose Paradox is the second instalment in the critically acclaimed, pitch-perfect Rabbit Factor Trilogy and things are messier than ever…________________________________‘Finnish crime maestro Antti Tuomainen is unique in the Scandi-crime genre, infusing his crime narratives with the darkest humour … [his] often hilarious, chaotic narrative never vitiates the novel’s nicely tuned tension’ Financial Times  ‘Enter hitmen, serendipity, offbeat comedy and the reappearance of literally the last person Henri expects to see … unlike anything else out there’ The Times  ‘A thriller with black comedy worthy of Nabokov’ Telegraph Book of the YearPraise for The Rabbit Factor Trilogy**Shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger****Shortlisted for the Last Laugh Award**‘The antic novels of Antti Tuomainen prove that comedy is not lost in translation … Tuomainen, like Carl Hiaasen before him, has the knack of combining slapstick with genuine emotion’ The Times'The funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest … original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald‘British readers might think they know what to expect from Nordic noir: a tortured detective, a bleak setting, a brutal crime that shakes a small community. Finnish crime novelist Tuomainen turns all of this on its head … The ear of a giant plastic rabbit becomes a key weapon. It only gets darker and funnier’ Guardian‘Dark, gripping and hilarious … Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjords' Martyn Waites‘A triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times' Kevin Wignall‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’ The Times‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement‘Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern’ Daily Express

Can everyone’s favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? He’s about to find out in the final instalment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit Factor Trilogy.  'A joyous, triumphant conclusion to Tuomainen’s trilogy … the comic thriller of the year' Sunday Times THRILLER OF THE YEAR  ‘Quirky crime capers don’t come more left field than the Rabbit trilogy … extremely funny, with a wicked line in social satire’ Daily Mail  ‘One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour’ Vaseem Khan  _______  Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…  As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…  Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.  In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri is forced to step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone … and the stakes have never been higher…  Warmly funny, quirky, touching, and a nail-biting triumph of a thriller, The Beaver Theory is the final instalment in the award-winning Rabbit Factor Trilogy, as Henri encounters the biggest challenge of his career, with hair-raising results…  Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell  –––––––––  Praise for the Rabbit Factor Trilogy:  ‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge  ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ The Times  ‘Thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre  ‘Delightfully funny’ Guardian  ‘Unlike anything else out there' The Times  ‘A thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent  ‘Charming, funny and clever, this is a novel to cheer up anyone who is finding life a little tough’ Literary Review  ‘A delight from start to finish’ Big Issue  'Original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald  ‘A coruscating comedy’ Sunday Times  'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times  ‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ Publishers Weekly  Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement  ‘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov’ Telegraph

From Finland's top crime-writer, the prize-winning author of The HealerAleksi lost his mother on a rainy October day when he was 13 years old. 20 years later, he is certain that he knows who's responsible. Everything points to millionaire Henrik Saarinen. The police don't agree. Aleksi has only one option: to get close to Henrik Saarinen and find out the truth about his mother's fate on his own. But as Aleksi soon discovers, delving into Saarinen and his beautiful daughter’s family secrets is a confusing and dangerous enterprise.Dark As My Heart tells the story of a mother and son and the search for justice. It's a story about the cost of obsessions, the price of vengeance and the power of love. Set against a vividly conjured bleak and beautiful Finnish landscape, Dark As My Heart is both a Hitchcockian mystery tale and a modern Greek tragedy.

*From the prizewinning author of The Rabbit Factor series*It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; the streets are full of abandoned vehicles; the social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still willing to live in the city.When Tapani's journalist wife Johanna goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna's disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a serial killer known as 'The Healer'. Determined to find Johanna, Tapani's search leads him to uncover secrets from her past: secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating...

From Finland's top crime-writer, the prize-winning author of The HealerAleksi lost his mother on a rainy October day when he was 13 years old. 20 years later, he is certain that he knows who's responsible. Everything points to millionaire Henrik Saarinen. The police don't agree. Aleksi has only one option: to get close to Henrik Saarinen and find out the truth about his mother's fate on his own. But as Aleksi soon discovers, delving into Saarinen and his beautiful daughter’s family secrets is a confusing and dangerous enterprise.Dark As My Heart tells the story of a mother and son and the search for justice. It's a story about the cost of obsessions, the price of vengeance and the power of love. Set against a vividly conjured bleak and beautiful Finnish landscape, Dark As My Heart is both a Hitchcockian mystery tale and a modern Greek tragedy.

An investigative reporter sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company in Northern Finland, whose activities have caused an environmental disaster. Timely, atmospheric and chilling Nordic Noir from one of Finland’s finest writers…‘Tuomainen writes beautifully’ Publishers Weekly‘Clever, atmospheric and wonderfully imaginative’ Sunday Mirror‘A simple story told with passion and elegant sadness’ The Times–––––––––––––––––––––––––––A hitman. A journalist. A shattered family. A mine spewing toxic secrets that threaten to poison them all…In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created an environmental disaster in a small town in Northern Finland.When the company’s executives begin to die in a string of mysterious accidents, and Janne’s personal life starts to unravel, past meets present in a catastrophic series of events that could cost him his life.A traumatic story of family, a study in corruption, and a shocking reminder that secrets from the past can return to haunt us, with deadly results, The Mine is a gripping, beautifully written, terrifying and explosive thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––‘Dark, captivating and troubling’ Crime Fiction Lover‘Beautifully executed … mesmerising’ Australian Crime'Antti Tuomainen again creates a powerful book, set firmly within the boundaries of strong themes and unforgettable characters, with the huge dose of beautiful sensitive style, masterfully translated from Finnish by David Hackston' Crime Review'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times’Antti Tuomainen is a wonderful writer, whose characters, plots and atmosphere are masterfully drawn’ Yrsa Sigurðardóttir‘One of the most compelling, emotionally satisfying and beautifully realised crime thrillers that I have encountered this year. The clarity and deceptively simple style of Tuomainen’s prose is utterly compelling’ Raven Crime Reads

When Finnish mushroom entrepreneur Jaakko discovers that he has been slowly poisoned, he sets out to find his would-be murderer… with dark and hilarious results. The critically acclaimed standalone thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir…***Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year******Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award***‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement‘Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny' Irish Times‘Told in a darkly funny, deadpan style … The result is a rollercoaster read in which the farce has some serious and surprisingly philosophical underpinnings' Guardian–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just thirty-seven years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he’s dying. What’s more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him.Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful rollercoaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations and unexpected twists.With a nod to Fargo and the best elements of the Scandinavian noir tradition, The Man Who Died is a page-turning thriller brimming with the blackest comedy surrounding life and death, and love and betrayal, marking a stunning new departure for the King of Helsinki Noir.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––‘The deadpan icy sensibility of Nordic noir is combined here with warm-blooded, often surreal, humour. Like the death cap mushroom, Tuomainen’s dark story manages to be as delicious as it is toxic' Sunday Express'An offbeat jewel … relentlessly funny’ Don Crinklaw, Publishers Weekly'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times‘A bizarre, twisty, darkly comic novel about a man investigating his own murder … a tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humour’ Foreword Reviews‘Smart, sensitive, and engaging, and guaranteed to be unlike anything else in your crime fiction library …  the perfect blend of thrills, investigation, character development, and comedy’ Crime by the Book‘Hugely entertaining and satisfying … like Carl Hiassen transported to Finland. It’s full of black comedy and has an unlikely hero in Jaakko, who you’ll root for to the very end’ Kevin Wignall, author of A Death in Sweden‘A delightful mad caper of a story, which will make readers snort out loud with laughter and would have made an excellent 1930s screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra’ Crime Fiction Lover‘Combines a startlingly clever opening, a neat line in dark humour and a unique Scandinavian sensibility. A fresh and witty read’ Chris Ewan‘Dark and thrilling, funny and intelligent, this Fargo-like novel contains lethal doses of humour … and mushrooms' Sofi Oksanen, author of Purge‘A book I will never forget’ Matt Wesolowski‘This one is a winner right from the first sentence’ Booklist‘Antti Tuomainen is a wonderful writer, whose characters, plots and atmosphere are masterfully drawn’ Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award******Book of the Year in The Times***Things don’t go entirely to plan when undercover ace detective Jan Nyman is sent to the ‘hottest beach in Finland’ to investigate a suspicious death. Fargo meets Baywatch in a mesmerising, poignant dark-comedy thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir‘A roller-coaster read and extraordinarily poignant’ Guardian‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’ Marcel Berlins, The Times‘Right up there with the best’ TLS––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Sex, lies and ill-fitting swimwear … Sun Protection Factor 100Jan Nyman, the ace detective of the covert operations unit of the National Central Police, is sent to a sleepy seaside town to investigate a mysterious death. Nyman arrives in the town dominated by a bizarre holiday village – the ‘hottest beach in Finland’. The suspect: Olivia Koski, who has only recently returned to her old hometown. The mission: find out what happened, by any means necessary.With a nod to Fargo, and dark noir, Palm Beach Finland is both a page-turning thriller and a black comedy about lust for money, fleeing dreams and people struggling at turning points in their lives – chasing their fantasies regardless of reason.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––‘Inspired meld of crime and dark comedy … Colourful characters and awkward situations, as when Nyman becomes a person of interest to the locals, enhance the zany plot. Tim Dorsey fans will have fun’ Publishers Weekly‘A sort of Fargo in Finland, if you can imagine such a thing’ Crime Reads‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel set in a bizarre Florida-style beach resort on Finland’s chilly shore. There are comically inept dim-crims, inventive psychos, a hot babe and even a blow-up pink flamingo — which is a lot for ace detective Jan Nyman to deal with when he arrives, undercover, to investigate a mysterious death’ Sunday Times‘Tuomainen’s crime comedy is frequently compared to Fargo-era Coen Brothers, but Florida’s Carl Hiaasen is likely a strong influence too … A full-blooded, off-kilter caper-gone-wrong that also serves as an acerbic commentary on the crime genre’ Irish Times'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times’A tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humour’ Foreword Reviews‘Like Fargo before it, unfortunate events take place and people get in over their heads … The off kilter, black comedy tone is perfect for such a far-fetched story, guaranteeing plenty of spontaneous bouts of laughter’ CultureFly‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry with laughter, what is there not to like? Welcome to a classic new holiday resort!’ Crime Time‘A quirky, smirky, entertaining slice of fabulous … A wonderful wave of dark humour rolls through this novel gathering raised eyebrows and snorts’ LoveReading‘Takes a Finnish slice from the comic, crazy, greedy, crime world of the likes of Get Shorty or Fargo. Where will Tuomainen’s imagination take us next? I don’t know but before that – read this one. Absolutely recommended’ EuroCrime

The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious thriller, by the international bestselling author of The Rabbit Factor and The Man Who Died – NOW A NETFLIX MOVIE!  'With moral dilemmas, plenty of action, and the author's trademark mixture of humour and melancholy, this is Tuomainen's best yet' Guardian  'Scandinavia's answer to Carl Hiaasen delivers another hectically silly crime caper involving a military chaplain, a suicidal rally driver and a very expensive meteorite' The Times  'Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel' Sunday Times  ***The Times BOOK OF THE YEAR******Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award******Shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger******WINNER of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Fiction***_________________  A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel.  But Joel has a lot more on his mind than simply protecting the riches that have apparently rained down from heaven. His wife has just revealed that she is pregnant. Unfortunately, Joel has strong reason to think the baby isn't his. As Joel tries to fend off repeated and bungled attempts to steal the meteorite, he must also come to terms with his own situation, and discover who the father of the baby really is.  Transporting the reader to the culture, landscape and mores of northern Finland Little Siberia is both a crime novel and a hilarious, blacker-than-black comedy about faith and disbelief, love and death, and what to do when bolts from the blue – both literal and figurative – turn your life upside down._________________  'Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe' The Times  'By no means Nordic noir of the familiar variety, this is eccentric, humorous fare, reminiscent of nothing so much as a Coen Brothers movie' Financial Times  'Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern Finland in this poignant, gripping and hilarious tale' Daily Express  'While the plots of many Nordic noir writers are turning ever more grim, Finland's Antti Tuomainen opts these days for a wittier, lighter touch … quite the ride' Observer  'The biting cold of Northern Finland is only matched by the cutting dark wit and compelling plot on this must-read crime novel' Denzil Meyrick  'A brilliantly inventive and gloriously funny novel from Finland's greatest export' MJ Arlidge  'Told in a darkly funny, deadpan style … The result is a rollercoaster read' Guardian  'Right up there with the best' TLS  'Through it all, Tuomainen maintains his singular tone, which mixes black humour with genuine, sometimes biting, sympathy for desperate people, provided that none take their needfulness too far … Little Siberia is a gripping thriller whose complications pile to precarious, intoxicating heights' Foreword Reviews  'Tuomainen also persuades readers how hard life makes it to do the right thing in a universe that too often feels like a profound personal insult. Fans of Scandinavian noir will relish this one' Publishers Weekly  'You don't expect to laugh when you're reading about terrible crimes, but that's what you'll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen's decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times

An insurance mathematician’s carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park … with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen.**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios**'Laconic, thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre  ‘The antic novels of Antti Tuomainen prove that comedy is not lost in translation …  Tuomainen, like Carl Hiaasen before him, has the knack of combining slapstick with genuine emotion’ The Times'The funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest. There is a beautiful rhythm and poetry to the prose … original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald_______________Just one spreadsheet away from chaos…What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal.And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother – its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters … and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.But what Henri really can’t compute is love. In the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect their debts and as Henri's relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheets…Warmly funny, rich with quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life._______________‘British readers might think they know what to expect from Nordic noir: a tortured detective, a bleak setting, a brutal crime that shakes a small community. Finnish crime novelist Tuomainen turns all of this on its head … The ear of a giant plastic rabbit becomes a key weapon. It only gets darker and funnier’ Guardian'Antti Tuomainen turns the clichéd idea of dour, humourless Scandi noir upside down with The Rabbit Factor. Dark, gripping and hilarious … Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjords' Martyn Waites'The Rabbit Factor is a triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times' Kevin Wignall‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge  ‘The Rabbit Factor is an astounding read. It has the suspenseful twists of a thriller, the laugh-out-loud moments of a comedy and a tragic dimension that brings a tear to the eye’ Crime Fiction Lover'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’ The Times‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement  ‘Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern’ Daily Express

Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure park’s equipment supply company … Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainen’s bestselling series…‘In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre‘One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour … a delight’ Vaseem Khan‘What a book! Antti has managed to put the fun into funerals and take it out of fun fairs in a gripping nail-biter … a thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell**_______________________________Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park’s main attraction?Meanwhile, Henri’s relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before it’s too late…Absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly poignant and full of nail-biting suspense, The Moose Paradox is the second instalment in the critically acclaimed, pitch-perfect Rabbit Factor Trilogy and things are messier than ever…________________________________‘Finnish crime maestro Antti Tuomainen is unique in the Scandi-crime genre, infusing his crime narratives with the darkest humour … [his] often hilarious, chaotic narrative never vitiates the novel’s nicely tuned tension’ Financial Times  ‘Enter hitmen, serendipity, offbeat comedy and the reappearance of literally the last person Henri expects to see … unlike anything else out there’ The Times  ‘A thriller with black comedy worthy of Nabokov’ Telegraph Book of the YearPraise for The Rabbit Factor Trilogy**Shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger****Shortlisted for the Last Laugh Award**‘The antic novels of Antti Tuomainen prove that comedy is not lost in translation … Tuomainen, like Carl Hiaasen before him, has the knack of combining slapstick with genuine emotion’ The Times'The funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest … original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald‘British readers might think they know what to expect from Nordic noir: a tortured detective, a bleak setting, a brutal crime that shakes a small community. Finnish crime novelist Tuomainen turns all of this on its head … The ear of a giant plastic rabbit becomes a key weapon. It only gets darker and funnier’ Guardian‘Dark, gripping and hilarious … Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjords' Martyn Waites‘A triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times' Kevin Wignall‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’ The Times‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement‘Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern’ Daily Expres

Can everyone’s favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? He’s about to find out in the final instalment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit Factor Trilogy.  'A joyous, triumphant conclusion to Tuomainen’s trilogy … the comic thriller of the year' Sunday Times THRILLER OF THE YEAR  ‘Quirky crime capers don’t come more left field than the Rabbit trilogy … extremely funny, with a wicked line in social satire’ Daily Mail  ‘One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour’ Vaseem Khan  _______  Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…  As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…  Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.  In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri is forced to step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone … and the stakes have never been higher…  Warmly funny, quirky, touching, and a nail-biting triumph of a thriller, The Beaver Theory is the final instalment in the award-winning Rabbit Factor Trilogy, as Henri encounters the biggest challenge of his career, with hair-raising results…  Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell  –––––––––  Praise for the Rabbit Factor Trilogy:  ‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge  ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ The Times  ‘Thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre  ‘Delightfully funny’ Guardian  ‘Unlike anything else out there' The Times  ‘A thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent  ‘Charming, funny and clever, this is a novel to cheer up anyone who is finding life a little tough’ Literary Review  ‘A delight from start to finish’ Big Issue  'Original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald  ‘A coruscating comedy’ Sunday Times  'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times  ‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ Publishers Weekly  Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement  ‘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov’ TelegraphCan everyone’s favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? He’s about to find out in the final instalment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit Factor Trilogy.  'A joyous, triumphant conclusion to Tuomainen’s trilogy … the comic thriller of the year' Sunday Times THRILLER OF THE YEAR  ‘Quirky crime capers don’t come more left field than the Rabbit trilogy … extremely funny, with a wicked line in social satire’ Daily Mail  ‘One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour’ Vaseem Khan  _______  Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…  As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…  Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.  In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri is forced to step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone … and the stakes have never been higher…  Warmly funny, quirky, touching, and a nail-biting triumph of a thriller, The Beaver Theory is the final instalment in the award-winning Rabbit Factor Trilogy, as Henri encounters the biggest challenge of his career, with hair-raising results…  Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell  –––––––––  Praise for the Rabbit Factor Trilogy:  ‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge  ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ The Times  ‘Thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre  ‘Delightfully funny’ Guardian  ‘Unlike anything else out there' The Times  ‘A thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent  ‘Charming, funny and clever, this is a novel to cheer up anyone who is finding life a little tough’ Literary Review  ‘A delight from start to finish’ Big Issue  'Original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald  ‘A coruscating comedy’ Sunday Times  'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times  ‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ Publishers Weekly  Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement  ‘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov’ Telegraph

A top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead … in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ (The Times)‘The best comic crime novel you’ll read this year’ Abir Mukherjee'Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive … the novel’s glorious gallery of weirdos' Sunday Times Book of the Month 'Finnish author Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters … [a] tense, pacy novel, laced with the author’s trademark laconic humour' Guardian Book of the Month 'It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland … simultaneously thrilling and evocative of the mundanity of life, and also very funny indeed' Telegraph**Antti Tuomainen’s Little Siberia is NOW a major NETFLIX movie**______ Love, murder, middle age, and a sauna to die for…A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered … in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death?The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen – top salesperson and the victim’s successor at Steam Devil.And as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren’t enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all – before it’s too late…From the international bestselling author of Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor, comes a darkly funny, delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare – in middle age, suspected of murder and, of course, in a sauna…_____‘Showcases Antti’s trademark deadpan humour and crime plots focused on intriguingly quirky individuals. An utter delight’ Vaseem Khan‘Just what you want from Antti Tuomainen, the brilliant moulding of apparent mundanity into a which-way-now thrill ride, with humour drier than a desert snake’s belly’ Ian Moore ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ The Times‘Hilarious, beautifully penned and startlingly inventive. No other writer can come up with more ways to kill you in a sauna, and The Burning Stones cements Tuomainen’s position as the king of the humorous crime caper’ Abir Mukherjee‘Laconic, thrilling and warmly human – hugely enjoyable’ Christopher Brookmyre‘Antti turns the heat up with this wryly comic thriller. You'll sweat along with the characters!’ Douglas Skelton‘You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers’ New York Times‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ Publishers Weekly‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary SupplementPraise for Antti Tuomainen‘Delightfully funny’ Guardian'Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny' Irish Times‘Fresh and witty’ Chris Ewan‘A thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent‘Charming, funny and clever’ Literary Review‘A delight from start to finish’ Big Issue'Original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiassen’ Sunday Times‘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov’ Telegraph

A top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead … in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ (The Times)‘The best comic crime novel you’ll read this year’ Abir Mukherjee'Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive … the novel’s glorious gallery of weirdos' Sunday Times Book of the Month 'Finnish author Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters … [a] tense, pacy novel, laced with the author’s trademark laconic humour' Guardian Book of the Month 'It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland … simultaneously thrilling and evocative of the mundanity of life, and also very funny indeed' Telegraph**Antti Tuomainen’s Little Siberia is NOW a major NETFLIX movie**______ Love, murder, middle age, and a sauna to die for…A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered … in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death?The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen – top salesperson and the victim’s successor at Steam Devil.And as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren’t enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all – before it’s too late…From the international bestselling author of Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor, comes a darkly funny, delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare – in middle age, suspected of murder and, of course, in a sauna…_____‘Showcases Antti’s trademark deadpan humour and crime plots focused on intriguingly quirky individuals. An utter delight’ Vaseem Khan‘Just what you want from Antti Tuomainen, the brilliant moulding of apparent mundanity into a which-way-now thrill ride, with humour drier than a desert snake’s belly’ Ian Moore ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ The Times‘Hilarious, beautifully penned and startlingly inventive. No other writer can come up with more ways to kill you in a sauna, and The Burning Stones cements Tuomainen’s position as the king of the humorous crime caper’ Abir Mukherjee‘Laconic, thrilling and warmly human – hugely enjoyable’ Christopher Brookmyre‘Antti turns the heat up with this wryly comic thriller. You'll sweat along with the characters!’ Douglas Skelton‘You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers’ New York Times‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ Publishers Weekly‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary SupplementPraise for Antti Tuomainen‘Delightfully funny’ Guardian'Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny' Irish Times‘Fresh and witty’ Chris Ewan‘A thrilling and hilarious read’ Liz Nugent‘Charming, funny and clever’ Literary Review‘A delight from start to finish’ Big Issue'Original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiassen’ Sunday Times‘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov’ Telegraph

A desperate father’s Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger … A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.***WINNER OF THE CWA CRIME IN TRANSLATION DAGGER***`Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers’ offering´ Vaseem Khan`The king of the humorous crime caper´ Abir Mukherjee`With echoes of writers such as Christopher Brookmyre and Carl Hiassen, this is delicious stuff, expertly juggling dark humour and quirky characterisation against the backdrop of a frigid northern landscape´ Financial Times`A quirky, murderous road trip … Imagine blending a Donald Westlake comic mishap caper with some famous Nordic levity, and you might have something like The Winter Job´ Irish TimesThe NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from `The funniest writer in Europe´ The TimesFargo meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman … via the Coen Brothers____Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble…Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate.A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost town in Finland.With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.That’s when Ilmari realises that he is transporting something truly special.And that’s when Ilmari realises he might be in serious trouble…A darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death – The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose…____`A madcap chase through a bleak winter landscape … damn hilarious and Tuomainen’s dark humour is displayed at its best in what must surely be the best road movie of the year´ CrimeTime`This suspenseful tale of a desperate father’s journey across the frozen landscape is filled with Tuomainen’s trademark dark wit and unexpected thrills. Another winner´ Culturefly`It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland´ Telegraph`Are you ready for the latest dose of dark humour, clever plotting, great characterisation and touching insights into the human soul? … A joy to read´ Nordic LighthousePraise for Antti Tuomainen`Humour drier than a desert snake’s belly´ Ian Moore`You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers´ New York Times`Laconic, thrilling and warmly human´ Christopher Brookmyre`Right up there with the best´ Times Literary Supplement`Finland’s greatest export´ M.J. Arlidge`A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known´ Publishers Weekly`Charming, funny and clever´ Literary Review`Thrilling and hilarious´ Liz Nugent`A delight from start to finish´ Big Issue`Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters that you can’t help rooting for´ Guardian

A desperate father’s Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger … A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.***WINNER OF THE CWA CRIME IN TRANSLATION DAGGER***`Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers’ offering´ Vaseem Khan`The king of the humorous crime caper´ Abir Mukherjee`With echoes of writers such as Christopher Brookmyre and Carl Hiassen, this is delicious stuff, expertly juggling dark humour and quirky characterisation against the backdrop of a frigid northern landscape´ Financial Times`A quirky, murderous road trip … Imagine blending a Donald Westlake comic mishap caper with some famous Nordic levity, and you might have something like The Winter Job´ Irish TimesThe NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from `The funniest writer in Europe´ The TimesFargo meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman … via the Coen Brothers____Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble…Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate.A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost town in Finland.With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.That’s when Ilmari realises that he is transporting something truly special.And that’s when Ilmari realises he might be in serious trouble…A darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death – The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose…____`A madcap chase through a bleak winter landscape … damn hilarious and Tuomainen’s dark humour is displayed at its best in what must surely be the best road movie of the year´ CrimeTime`This suspenseful tale of a desperate father’s journey across the frozen landscape is filled with Tuomainen’s trademark dark wit and unexpected thrills. Another winner´ Culturefly`It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland´ Telegraph`Are you ready for the latest dose of dark humour, clever plotting, great characterisation and touching insights into the human soul? … A joy to read´ Nordic LighthousePraise for Antti Tuomainen`Humour drier than a desert snake’s belly´ Ian Moore`You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers´ New York Times`Laconic, thrilling and warmly human´ Christopher Brookmyre`Right up there with the best´ Times Literary Supplement`Finland’s greatest export´ M.J. Arlidge`A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known´ Publishers Weekly`Charming, funny and clever´ Literary Review`Thrilling and hilarious´ Liz Nugent`A delight from start to finish´ Big Issue`Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters that you can’t help rooting for´ Guardian

A desperate sawmill owner’s attempt to save his business spirals into crime, chaos and unintended consequences in a hilarious dark, nailbiting thriller by the international bestselling author of The Man Who Died.**Shortlisted for Best Finnish Crime Novel of the Year*** 'The king of the humorous crime caper' Abir Mukherjee'It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven't been looking in Finland' Telegraph________Heikki Nevalainen is the proud owner of a once successful sawmill, a mountain of debt and very few options to deal with either of them. An unexpected solution arrives in the form of local gangster Ismo Sippo. Dispose of Sippo’s dead wife, and the sawmill can keep running. Refuse, and Heikki loses everything. Horrified but desperate, Heikki agrees, loads Annaleena into his car and heads for the mill. But Annaleena proves to be not quite as dead as expected. As a Belgian buyer arrives to inspect the mill’s timber, Heikki scrambles to keep up appearances. But the situation is splintering fast, and even his own workers seem to be hatching plans of their own… Deadlines loom, tempers fray and misunderstandings multiply, and as the interminable situation grows ever worse, Heikki discovers that keeping a sawmill running is hard enough without a half-dead body and potentially fatal complications… Blending deadpan humour, escalating danger and absolute chaos, The Fresh Cut is Antti Tuomainen at his most audacious, as good intentions, bad decisions and a small Finnish town collide with explosive results.___________

«Großartig!» Aki KaurismäkiJaakko ist 37, als sein Arzt ihm eröffnet, dass er keine Grippe hat, sondern sterben wird, und zwar sehr bald: Jemand hat ihn über längere Zeit hinweg vergiftet. Das an sich ist schon geeignet, einem Mann so richtig den Tag zu verderben. Leider wird Jaakko bei der Rückkehr nach Hause außerdem noch Zeuge, wie ihn seine Frau mit Petri betrügt, dem jungen, knackigen Angestellten ihrer gemeinsamen Firma. Der Firma, die in jüngster Zeit gefährlich Konkurrenz bekommen hat. Jaakko beschließt herauszufinden, wer ihn um die Ecke bringen will. Und er wird sein Unternehmen für die Zeit nach seinem Tod fit machen. Der Handel mit den in Japan zu Höchstpreisen gehandelten Matsutake-Pilzen läuft nämlich ausgezeichnet, und in Finnlands Wäldern wachsen nun einmal die besten. Doch das neue Konkurrenzunternehmen kämpft wirklich mit harten Bandagen. Ist es da Jaakos Schuld, wenn es zu Toten kommt? Und hat er überhaupt Zeit für anderer Leute Sorgen? Denn so viel ist klar: Mit dem Tod vor Augen geht alles leichter, gilt es doch, jede Minute zu genießen.«Die letzten Meter bis zum Friedhof» ist nicht einfach ein Kriminalroman, sondern ein besonderes Buch: lustig und tragisch, berührend und skurril, lebensklug und nachdenklich, ein Roman, der trotz seines makabren Themas die Lebensgeister weckt, und eine schräge Lektüre, bei der man sich fühlt, als befände man sich in einem Film von Aki Kaurismäki.

Eine Kleinstadt im finnischen Nirgendwo. Der neue Investor hat den Ort in "Palm Beach, Finnland" umgetauft, warum auch nicht? Alles erinnert an "Miami Vice" und "Baywatch": Die Namen der farbenfroh überstrichenen maroden Hütten, die hautengen Badeanzüge der Rettungsschwimmer, das überdimensionale Werbebanner am Ortseingang. Davon abgesehen unterscheidet sich das Küstennest kaum von den anderen traurigen Badeorten der Umgebung.Olivia Kosk ist nach gescheiterter Ehe gerade erst zurückgekehrt, um als Surflehrerin neu anzufangen, als sie einen fremden Mann in ihrer Küche auffindet. Ermordet. Obendrein auf ziemlich unschöne Weise.Weil die Polizei vor Ort den Fall nicht lösen kann, wird Jan Nyman, verdeckter Ermittler der finnischen Polizei, in das kuriose Ferienparadies entsandt. Getarnt als urlaubender Mathelehrer soll er herausfinden, was sich tatsächlich zugetragen hat. Sein Chef hat ihn zu einem Surfkurs bei Olivia verdonnert, der Hauptverdächtigen, und Nyman spürt schnell, dass er sich zu ihr hingezogen fühlt. Dass sie dringend Geld für die Renovierung ihres Hauses benötigt, rückt Olivia allerdings in ein ziemlich zweifelhaftes Licht. Aber Geldsorgen haben in Palm Beach, Finnland anscheinend alle. Und dann tritt auch noch ein Auftragskiller auf den Plan. Es ist der Bruder des Toten aus Olivias Küche. Und er will sich rächen.

Die Nr. 1 aus Finnland: Von The Times ausgezeichnet als eines der besten Bücher der letzten fünf Jahre, prämiert mit dem Petrona Award als bester skandinavischer Kriminalroman 2020.Rallyefahrer Tarvainen rast mit zu viel Promille und Selbstmordgedanken durch die schneebedeckten finnischen Wälder, als es am Himmel aufblitzt und etwas in sein Auto kracht. Das Etwas entpuppt sich als äußerst wertvoller Meteorit, so viel ist schnell allen Bewohnern des Örtchens Hurmevaara klar. Der Schatz wird vorübergehend in die Obhut von Pfarrer Joel gegeben, der als ehemaliger Militär kampferfahren ist. Was sich auszahlt, denn von dem Meteoriten hat auch das organisierte Verbrechen Wind bekommen. Dabei hat Joel ganz andere Sorgen. Seine Frau ist schwanger, aber nicht von ihm. Und so kämpft er gegen Berufskriminelle und andere Schatzsucher und fragt sich derweil, was für ihn in den Sternen steht.

Die Nummer 1 aus Finnland: Tuomainens Romane sind wie die Filme von Aki Kaurismäki: spannend, tragisch, humorvoll und schräg.Alles im Leben ist berechenbar. Davon ist der Versicherungsmathematiker Henri Koskinen überzeugt; beruflich wie privat kalkuliert er stets bis zur letzten Dezimalstelle. Doch dann verliert Henri seinen Job. Und erbt einen Abenteuerpark – mit ziemlich eigenwilligen Mitarbeitern und beunruhigenden finanziellen Problemen. Offenbar wurden riesige Kredite aufgenommen, bei zweifelhaften Kapitalgebern. Und die Herrschaften wollen nun ihr Geld zurück.Im Abenteuerpark trifft Henri auch auf Laura, eine Künstlerin mit Vergangenheit. Als die Kriminellen kommen, um das Geld einzutreiben, und sich die Beziehung zu Laura vertieft, sieht Henri sich mit Situationen und Gefühlen konfrontiert, die selbst für einen versierten Versicherungsmathematiker einfach nur unkalkulierbar erscheinen.«The funniest writer in Europe.» The Times

Tuomainens Romane sind wie die Filme von Aki Kaurismäki: spannend, tragisch, humorvoll und schräg.Versicherungsmathematiker Henri Koskinen hat gerade sein Leben und den ererbten Abenteuerpark wieder in Ordnung gebracht, als ein Mann aus seiner Vergangenheit auftaucht und alles wieder auf den Kopf stellt. Weitere Probleme entstehen, als der Ausrüstungslieferant des Parks von einem zwielichtigen Trio übernommen wird: Warum will die Firma «Finnische Spiele AG» die neue Elchschanze nicht an Henri verkaufen, obwohl er sie für die Hauptattraktion des Parks braucht? Und als wäre das nicht genug, steht Henris Beziehung zu der Künstlerin Laura Helanto auf der Kippe. Um diese zahlreichen Klippen zu umschiffen, muss Henri Koskinen präziser denn je rechnen.

Die Nummer 1 aus Finnland: «The funniest writer in Europe.» The TimesHenri Koskinen, der stets an Vernunft und Ordnung glaubt, zieht bei der Malerin Laura Helanto und ihrer Tochter ein. Trotz aller Turbulenzen scheint es für den Versicherungsmathematiker und Abenteuerparkbesitzer endlich aufwärtszugehen. Doch wie lässt sich die unkalkulierbare Realität einer bunt zusammengewürfelten Familie mit den permanenten Betrügereien und kriminellen Machenschaften im Freizeitgeschäft in Einklang bringen? Vor allem wenn es nur einen gemeinsamen Nenner gibt: die geringe Toleranz angesichts einer steigenden Zahl von Leichen. Tuomainens Romane sind wie die Filme von Aki Kaurismäki: spannend, tragisch, humorvoll und schräg.