Tuomainen, Antti.

The healer / Antti Tuomainen ; translated by Lola Rogers. - London : Harvill Secker, 2013. - 346 pages ; 24 cm.

Winner of the Best Finnish Crime Novel of the Year Award. Shortlisted for the Glass Key Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 2012. -Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings of malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway 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 able and willing to live in the city. When Tapani's beloved wife Johanna, a newspaper journalist, goes missing he embarks on a frantic hunt for her.

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...


Translated from the Finnish.

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Finnish fiction Translations into English.
Helsinki (Finland) Fiction.


Helsinki (Finland)--Fiction.


Thrillers (Fiction)
Detective and mystery fiction.