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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...
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...
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"Tersely written, full of twists and sudden violence, this is nothing less than the birth of a new genre: dystopian detection" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Thrillingly atmospheric" (Liz Jensen)
"This chilling novel compels...clever, atmospheric and wonderfully imaginative" (Sunday Mirror)
"Tuomainen's book is set in the near future, but nothing here is less than frighteningly plausible...a compelling crime story" (Barry Forshaw Independent)
"I implore you to read one more Scandinavian thriller. Antti Tuomainen's The Healer is a mix between Stieg Larsson and an introduction to Cormac McCarthy's The Road" (Patrick Neale Booksellers' Choice)
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"Thrillingly atmospheric" (Liz Jensen)
"This chilling novel compels...clever, atmospheric and wonderfully imaginative" (Sunday Mirror)
"Tuomainen's book is set in the near future, but nothing here is less than frighteningly plausible...a compelling crime story" (Barry Forshaw Independent)
"I implore you to read one more Scandinavian thriller. Antti Tuomainen's The Healer is a mix between Stieg Larsson and an introduction to Cormac McCarthy's The Road" (Patrick Neale Booksellers' Choice)
In this chilling dystopian detective story, a man searches for his missing wife in a Helsinki devastated by ruthless climate change, and finds himself on the trail of a serial killer
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- PublisherUlverscroft Ltd
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1444820052
- ISBN 13 9781444820058
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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