Antti Tuomainen

Amor, muerte humor negro y un meteorito que vale su peso en oro.En las afueras de un pueblo perdido de Finlandia, cae un meteorito del espacio exterior. El singular acontecimiento altera de inmediato a los habitantes de la localidad, ya que la roca podria valer mas de un millon de euros, y no esta claro a quien pertenece. Por unos dias, el mineral extraterrestre permanecera en el museo local, custodiado cada noche por Joel, un pastor luterano, veterano de guerra y casado con una mujer embarazada de un hijo que no es suyo. De forma inevitable, los intentos por hacerse con el preciado tesoro, sea como sea, no tardan en sucederse.

From Finland's top crime-writer, the prize-winning author of The Healer. Aleksi lost his mother on a rainy October day when he was 13 years old. 20 years later, he is certain that he knows who's responsible. Everything points to millionaire Henrik Saarinen. The police don't agree. Aleksi has only one option: to get close to Henrik Saarinen and find out the truth about his mother's fate on his own. But as Aleksi soon discovers, delving into Saarinen and his beautiful daughter's family secrets is a confusing and dangerous enterprise. Dark As My Heart tells the story of a mother and son and the search for justice. It's a story about the cost of obsessions, the price of vengeance and the power of love. Set against a vividly conjured bleak and beautiful Finnish landscape, Dark As My Heart is both a Hitchcockian mystery tale and a modern Greek tragedy.

An insurance mathematician's carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park ... with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen.**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios** 'Laconic, thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre 'The funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest. There is a beautiful rhythm and poetry to the prose ...original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald _______________Just one spreadsheet away from chaos... What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal. And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable.After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother - its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters ... and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.

The funniest writer in Europe The Times Saunas love and a ladleful of murder A cold blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment the new head of a sauna stove company is murdered in the sauna Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen top salesperson and the victim s potential successor at Steam Devil And as if hitting middle age being in a marriage that has lost its purpose and struggling with work weren t enough Anni realises that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all before it s too late International bestselling author Antti Tuomainen returns with a darkly funny delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare in middle age suspected of murder and of course in a sauna

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...

Aleksi lost his mother on a rainy October day when he was thirteen years old. Twenty years later, he is certain that he knows who''s responsible. Everything points to millionaire Henrik Saarinen. The police don''t agree. He has only one option: to get close to Saarinen and find out the truth about his mother''s fate on his own. But as Aleksi soon discovers, delving into Saarinen and his alluring daughters family secrets is a confusing and dangerous enterprise.Dark As My Heart tells the story of a mother and son and the search for justice. It''s a story about the cost of obsessions, the price of vengeance and the power of love. A crime novel written by an acclaimed poet, Dark As My Heart is both a Hitchcockian mystery tale and a modern Greek tragedy.

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When Finnish mushroom entrepreneur Jaakko discovers that he has been slowly poisoned, he sets out to find his would-be murderer with dark and hilarious results. The critically acclaimed standalone thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir***Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year*** ***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award***Right up there with the bestTimes Literary SupplementDeftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funnyIrish TimesTold in a darkly funny, deadpan style The result is a rollercoaster read in which the farce has some serious and surprisingly philosophical underpinningsGuardianA successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just thirty-seven years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that hes dying. Whats more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him.Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful rollercoaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations and unexpected twists.With a nod to Fargo and the best elements of the Scandinavian noir tradition, The Man Who Died is a page-turning thriller brimming with the blackest comedy surrounding life and death, and love and betrayal, marking a stunning new departure for the King of Helsinki Noir.The deadpan icy sensibility of Nordic noir is combined here with warm-blooded, often surreal, humour. Like the death cap mushroom, Tuomainens dark story manages to be as delicious as it is toxicSunday ExpressAn offbeat jewel relentlessly funnyDon Crinklaw, Publishers WeeklyYou dont expect to laugh when youre reading about terrible crimes, but thats what youll do when you pick up one of Tuomainens decidedly quirky thrillersNew York TimesA bizarre, twisty, darkly comic novel about a man investigating his own murder a tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humourForeword ReviewsSmart, sensitive, and engaging, and guaranteed to be unlike anything else in your crime fiction library the perfect blend of thrills, investigation, character development, and comedyCrime by the BookHugely entertaining and satisfying like Carl Hiassen transported to Finland. Its full of black comedy and has an unlikely hero in Jaakko, who youll root for to the very endKevin Wignall, author of A Death in SwedenA delightful mad caper of a story, which will make readers snort out loud with laughter and would have made an excellent 1930s screwball comedy directed by Frank CapraCrime Fiction LoverCombines a startlingly clever opening, a neat line in dark humour and a unique Scandinavian sensibility. A fresh and witty readChris EwanDark and thrilling, funny and intelligent, this Fargo-like novel contains lethal doses of humour and mushroomsSofi Oksanen, author of PurgeA book I will never for...

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Ce qui tombe du ciel nest pas toujours providentiel... Le pilote de rallye Tarvainen parcourt les friches enneigées du nord de la Finlande avec trop dalcool dans le sang et des pensées suicidaires dans la tete, lorsque soudain le ciel explose et quelque chose secrase sur le siege passager.Ce quelque chose se revele une meteorite extremement precieuse, en tout cas selon les habitants du village de Hurmevaara.Le tresor est temporairement expose au musee de la ville, sous la garde du pasteur Joel, qui en tant quancien militaire nest pas completement inexperimente au combat. Chose utile, car le crime organise a deja eu vent de ce nouveau " bijou " qui vaudrait quelques millions...Sauf que Joel a bien dautres problemes. Sa femme est enceinte, malheureusement pas de lui. Et pendant quil se bat contre des criminels professionnels et autres chasseurs de tresors, il se demande surtout ce que le Tout-Puissant a prevu pour son humble serviteur...Traduit du finnois par Anne Colin du Terrail

Sous le soleil de Finlande, on nhésite pas à refroidir les corps. Jan Nyman, détective spécialisé dans les opérations secrètes, est envoyé dans une station balnéaire endormie pour enquêter sur une af

A desperate sawmill owners attempt to save his business spirals into crime, chaos and unintended consequences in a hilarious dark, nailbiting thriller by the international bestselling author of The Man Who Died. **Shortlisted for Best Finnish Crime Novel of the Year*** The king of the humorous crime caperAbir MukherjeeIt may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we havent been looking in FinlandTelegraph________Heikki Nevalainen is the proud owner of a once successful sawmill, a mountain of debt and very few options to deal with either of them. An unexpected solution arrives in the form of local gangster Ismo Sippo. Dispose of Sippos dead wife, and the sawmill can keep running. Refuse, and Heikki loses everything. Horrified but desperate, Heikki agrees, loads Annaleena into his car and heads for the mill.But Annaleena proves to be not quite as dead as expected.As a Belgian buyer arrives to inspect the mills timber, Heikki scrambles to keep up appearances. But the situation is splintering fast, and even his own workers seem to be hatching plans of their ownDeadlines loom, tempers fray and misunderstandings multiply, and as the interminable situation grows ever worse, Heikki discovers that keeping a sawmill running is hard enough without a half-dead body and potentially fatal complicationsBlending deadpan humour, escalating danger and absolute chaos, The Fresh Cut is Antti Tuomainen at his most audacious, as good intentions, bad decisions and a small Finnish town collide with explosive results.___________

Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure parks equipment supply company Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainens bestselling seriesIn these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?Chris BrookmyreOne of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour a delightVaseem KhanWhat a book! Antti has managed to put the fun into funerals and take it out of fun fairs in a gripping nail-biter a thrilling and hilarious readLiz Nugent**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell**_______________________________Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the parks equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why wont Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the parks main attraction?Meanwhile, Henris relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before its too lateAbsurdly funny, heart-stoppingly poignant and full of nail-biting suspense, The Moose Paradox is the second instalment in the critically acclaimed, pitch-perfect Rabbit Factor Trilogy and things are messier than ever________________________________Finnish crime maestro Antti Tuomainen is unique in the Scandi-crime genre, infusing his crime narratives with the darkest humour [his] often hilarious, chaotic narrative never vitiates the novels nicely tuned tensionFinancial TimesEnter hitmen, serendipity, offbeat comedy and the reappearance of literally the last person Henri expects to see unlike anything else out thereThe TimesA thriller with black comedy worthy of NabokovTelegraph Book of the YearPraise for The Rabbit Factor Trilogy**Shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger** **Shortlisted for the Last Laugh Award**The antic novels of Antti Tuomainen prove that comedy is not lost in translation Tuomainen, like Carl Hiaasen before him, has the knack of combining slapstick with genuine emotionThe TimesThe funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest original and brilliant story-tellingHelen FitzGeraldBritish readers might think they know what to expect from Nordic noir: a tortured detective, a bleak setting, a brutal crime that shakes a small community. Finnish crime novelist Tuomainen turns all of this on its head The ear of a giant plastic rabbit becomes a key weapon. It only gets darker and funnierGuardianDark, gripping and hilarious Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjordsMartyn WaitesA triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled timesKevin WignallFinlands greatest exportM.J. ArlidgeYou dont expect to laugh when youre reading about terrible crimes, but thats what youll do when you pick up one of Tuomainens decidedly quirky th...

Can everyones favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? Hes about to find out in the final instalment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit Factor Trilogy.`A joyous, triumphant conclusion to Tuomainens trilogy the comic thriller of the year Sunday Times THRILLER OF THE YEAR`Quirky crime capers dont come more left field than the Rabbit trilogy extremely funny, with a wicked line in social satire Daily Mail`One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour Vaseem Khan_______Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughterAs Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the processIs it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri is forced to step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone and the stakes have never been higherWarmly funny, quirky, touching, and a nail-biting triumph of a thriller, The Beaver Theory is the final instalment in the award-winning Rabbit Factor Trilogy, as Henri encounters the biggest challenge of his career, with hair-raising resultsSoon to be a major motion picture starring Steve CarellPraise for the Rabbit Factor Trilogy:`Finlands greatest export M.J. Arlidge`The funniest writer in Europe The Times`Thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary? Chris Brookmyre`Delightfully funny Guardian`Unlike anything else out there The Times`A thrilling and hilarious read Liz Nugent`Charming, funny and clever, this is a novel to cheer up anyone who is finding life a little tough Literary Review`A delight from start to finish Big Issue`Original and brilliant story-telling Helen FitzGerald`A coruscating comedy Sunday Times`You dont expect to laugh when youre reading about terrible crimes, but thats what youll do when you pick up one of Tuomainens decidedly quirky thrillers New York Times`A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known Publishers Weekly`Right up there with the best Times Literary Supplement`A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov Telegraph

An insurance mathematicians carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen, FIRST in a series**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios**Laconic, thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?Chris BrookmyreThe antic novels of Antti Tuomainen prove that comedy is not lost in translation Tuomainen, like Carl Hiaasen before him, has the knack of combining slapstick with genuine emotionThe TimesA thriller with black comedy worth of NabokovTelegraph_______________Just one spreadsheet away from chaosWhat makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal.And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.But what Henri really cant compute is love. In the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect their debts and as Henris relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheetsWarmly funny, rich with quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life._______________Inventive and compellingVaseem KhanReaders might think they know what to expect from Nordic noir: a tortured detective, a bleak setting, a brutal crime that shakes a small community. Finnish crime novelist Tuomainen turns all of this on its head The ear of a giant plastic rabbit becomes a key weapon. It only gets darker and funnierGuardianThe funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest original and brilliant story-tellingHelen FitzGeraldFull of refreshing wit and wisdom a treatPublishers Weekly STARRED REVIEWA dark and delightful novel with an intelligent, brave, and persnickety heroForeword ReviewsAntti Tuomainen turns the cliched idea of dour, humourless Scandi noir upside Dark, gripping and hilarious. Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjordsMartyn WaitesA triumph a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled timesKevin WignallFinlands greatest exportM.J. ArlidgeYou dont expect to laugh when youre reading about terrible crimes, but thats what youll do when you pick up one of Tuomainens decidedly quirky thrillersNew York TimesTuomainen is the funniest writer in EuropeThe TimesRight up there with the bestTimes Literary SupplementTuomainen continues to carve...

*From the prizewinning author of The Rabbit Factor series*Its 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 Tapanis journalist wife Johanna goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johannas disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a serial killer known as The Healer. Determined to find Johanna, Tapanis search leads him to uncover secrets from her past: secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating...

A desperate fathers Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night. `Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers offering Vaseem Khan`The king of the humorous crime caper Abir Mukherjee`With echoes of writers such as Christopher Brookmyre and Carl Hiassen, this is delicious stuff, expertly juggling dark humour and quirky characterisation against the backdrop of a frigid northern landscape Financial Times`A quirky, murderous road trip Imagine blending a Donald Westlake comic mishap caper with some famous Nordic levity, and you might have something like The Winter Job Irish TimesThe NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from `The funniest writer in Europe (The Times) Fargo meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman via the Coen Brothers____Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to troubleHelsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go and no money hes desperate.A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjarvi, the northernmost town in Finland.With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.Thats when Ilmari realises that he is transporting something truly special.And thats when Ilmari realises he might be in serious troubleA darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose____`A madcap chase through a bleak winter landscape damn hilarious and Tuomainens dark humour is displayed at its best in what must surely be the best road movie of the year CrimeTime`This suspenseful tale of a desperate fathers journey across the frozen landscape is filled with Tuomainens trademark dark wit and unexpected thrills. Another winner Culturefly`It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we havent been looking in Finland Telegraph`Are you ready for the latest dose of dark humour, clever plotting, great characterisation and touching insights into the human soul? A joy to read Nordic Lighthouse Praise for Antti Tuomainen`Humour drier than a desert snakes belly Ian Moore`You dont expect to laugh when youre reading about terrible crimes, but thats what youll do when you pick up one of Tuomainens decidedly quirky thrillers New York Times `Laconic, thrilling and warmly human Christopher Brookmyre`Right up there with the best Times Literary Supplement