The Winter of the Lions - Softcover

Wagner, Jan Costin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846553466 ISBN 13: 9781846553462

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2011

Synopsis

Every year since the tragic death of his wife, Detective Kimmo Joentaa has prepared for the isolation of Christmas with a glass of milk and a bottle of vodka to arm himself against the harsh Finnish winter. However, this year events take an unexpected turn when a young woman turns up on his doorstep.

Not long afterwards two men are found murdered, one of whom is Joentaa's colleague, a forensic pathologist. When it becomes clear that both victims had recently been guests on Finland's most famous talk show, Kimmo is called upon to use all his powers of intuition and instinct to solve the case. Meanwhile the killer is lying in wait, ready to strike again...

In Kimmo Joentaa, prizewinning author Jan Costin Wagner has created a lonely hero in the Philip Marlowe mould, who uses his unusual gifts for psychological insight to delve deep inside the minds of the criminals he pursues.

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Review:

"In his own careful, nuanced language, Wagner brings the reader close not only to the psyche of his characters but also to the beauty of Finland" (Focus)

"Literature explores human abysses ... Jan Costin Wagner is remarkably good at this." (Andrea Maria Schenkel, author of The Murder Farm)

Book Description:

Careless talk costs lives: Finnish detective Joentaa is on the hunt for a deranged killer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1846553466
• ISBN 13: 9781846553462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272