The Healer - Softcover
It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are burning in the streets. People are fleeing to the far north where conditions are still tolerable. 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 wife Johanna, a journalist, 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 politically motivated 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..."The Healer" is set in desperate times, forcing Tapani to take desperate measures in order to find his beloved. Atmospheric and moving, "The Healer" is a story of survival, loyalty and determination. Even when the world is coming to an end, love and hope endure.
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"The ability to use all the tricks of crime fiction and all the tools of poetry makes Tuomainen's work unique, and that combination makes the reader fall in love with his style. You cannot but value things around you more after reading The Healer. " Sofi Oksanen, author of Purge "Thrillingly atmospheric" -- Liz Jensen "Breathtakingly tense, with the taste of blood on every page. It is impossible to stop reading until you reach the end..." Turun Sanomat (Finland) "Tuomainen truly succeeds in conveying the glistening streets and the neon-lit, rain-saturated, decaying urban environment." Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) "Tuomainen's sparse and precise style and rapid dialogue place him in the best noir tradition. The intensity of both the plot and narration enhances the harsh realism of his language." The Clue Award for 'Best Finnish Crime Novel 2011'
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On the rain-soaked streets of Helsinki a man searches for his missing wife and finds himself on the trail of a serial killer.
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1846555884
- ISBN 13 9781846555886
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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