Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall

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An abandoned house in Northern Helsinki, a dead body in the garage. Detective Lieutenant Kari Takamáki's homicide team gets a case that looks üke a professional hit, but they are perplexed by the crime scene.
Takamáki's right-hand man Suhonen goes undercover as "Suikkanen," a gangster full of action. In pursuit of the murderer, he must operate within the grey area of the law. But will the end justify the means?
Jarkko Sipila is a Finnish author and journalist. He has been reporting Finnish crime news for MTV3 TV News and the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper for almost 20 years. He has written 11 novels and co-wrote a TV-series based on the Takamáki-books. Following in the footsteps of popular Scandi-navian writers, Darkko Sipila is introducing his critically acclaimed Takamáki series in English.
Helsinki Homicide: Against The Wall, the winner of the 2009 Finnish Crime Fiction of the Year Award, is the first of Darkko Sipila's nine Takamáki-novels to be translated into English.... Tovább

Fülszöveg

An abandoned house in Northern Helsinki, a dead body in the garage. Detective Lieutenant Kari Takamáki's homicide team gets a case that looks üke a professional hit, but they are perplexed by the crime scene.
Takamáki's right-hand man Suhonen goes undercover as "Suikkanen," a gangster full of action. In pursuit of the murderer, he must operate within the grey area of the law. But will the end justify the means?
Jarkko Sipila is a Finnish author and journalist. He has been reporting Finnish crime news for MTV3 TV News and the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper for almost 20 years. He has written 11 novels and co-wrote a TV-series based on the Takamáki-books. Following in the footsteps of popular Scandi-navian writers, Darkko Sipila is introducing his critically acclaimed Takamáki series in English.
Helsinki Homicide: Against The Wall, the winner of the 2009 Finnish Crime Fiction of the Year Award, is the first of Darkko Sipila's nine Takamáki-novels to be translated into English. Through realistic characters and complex plots, he discusses current topics surrounding Finnish society and unveils glimpses into his esoteric homeland.
HELSINKI HOMICIDE
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