Antti Tuomainen

A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying. What is 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 Man Who Died

The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir ***The Times BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award*** ***Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger*** ‘With moral dilemmas, plenty of action, and the author’s trademark mixture of humour and melancholy, this is Tuomainen’s best yet’ Guardian ‘Scandinavia’s answer to Carl Hiaasen delivers another hectically silly crime caper involving a military chaplain, a suicidal rally driver and a very expensive meteorite’ The Times ‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel’ Sunday Times _________________ A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel. But Joel has a lot more on his mind than simply protecting the riches that have apparently rained down from heaven. His wife has just revealed that she is pregnant. Unfortunately Joel has strong reason to think the baby isn’t his. As Joel tries to fend off repeated and bungled attempts to steal the meteorite, he must also come to terms with his own situation, and discover who the father of the baby really is. Transporting the reader to the culture, landscape and mores of northern Finland Little Siberia is both a crime novel and a hilarious, blacker-than-black comedy about faith and disbelief, love and death, and what to do when bolts from the blue – both literal and figurative – turn your life upside down. _________________ ‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’ The Times ‘By no means Nordic noir of the familiar variety, this is eccentric, humorous fare, reminiscent of nothing so much as a Coen Brothers movie’ Financial Times ‘Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern Finland in this poignant, gripping and hilarious tale’ Daily Express ‘While the plots of many Nordic noir writers are turning ever more grim, Finland’s Antti Tuomainen opts these days for a wittier, lighter touch ... quite the ride’ Observer ‘The biting cold of Northern Finland is only matched by the cutting dark wit and compelling plot on this must-read crime novel’ Denzil Meyrick ‘A brilliantly inventive and gloriously funny novel from Finland's greatest export’ MJ Arlidge ‘Told in a darkly funny, deadpan style ... The result is a rollercoaster read’ Guardian ‘Right up there with the best’ The TLS ‘Through it all, Tuomainen maintains his singular tone, which mixes black humour with genuine, sometimes biting, sympathy for desperate people, provided that none take their needfulness too far ... Little Siberia is a gripping thriller whose complications pile to precarious, intoxicating heights’ Foreword Reviews ‘Tuomainen also persuades readers how hard life makes it to do the right thing in a universe that too often feels like a profound personal insult. Fans of Scandinavian noir will relish this one’ Publishers Weekly 'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times

Little Siberia

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. But what Henri really can’t 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 Henri's relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheets... Warmly 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. _______________ 'Antti Tuomainen turns the clichéd idea of dour, humourless Scandi noir upside down with The Rabbit Factor. Dark, gripping and hilarious ... Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjords' Martyn Waites 'The Rabbit Factor is a triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times' Kevin Wignall ‘Finland's greatest export’ M.J. Arlidge 'You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times ‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’ The Times ‘Right up there with the best’ Times Literary Supplement ‘Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern’ Daily Express

The Rabbit Factor

Lola Rogers

Amidst the destruction of social order in Helsinki, the journalist wife of poet Tapani Lehtinen goes missing while researching a story on a serial killer with political motivations in this new novel from the Finnish author of My Brother's Keeper.

A Novel

The Healer

Palm Beach Finland

Henri Koskinens älskar det förutsägbara. När han oväntat blir arbetslös och samtidigt får beskedet att hans bror Juhani är död och han ärvt broderns kaotiska äventyrspark YouMeFun, skakar hans ordnade och ensamma tillvaro som försäkringstjänsteman rejält. Horder av skrikande barn, en brokig skara anställda och våldsamma indrivare av broderns spelskulder blir en regelrätt mardröm, men i parken finns också den förtjusande driftansvariga Laura. Snart inser Henri att både parkens överlevnad och hans eget liv hänger på en skör tråd. Men också att han kan ha ett liv fyllt av äventyr och kärlek framför sig, om han bara vågar. "Kaninfaktorn" är en hisnande thriller och en underfundig varm komedi.

Kaninfaktorn

In de nabije toekomst, vlak voor Kerstmis, probeert een Finse dichter in een troosteloos Helsinki zijn verdwenen vrouw te vinden die onderzoek deed naar een milieu-activist die diverse moorden heeft gepleegd.

Sifaci

El sanador

romaani

Jäniskerroin

Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure park's equipment supply company ... Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainen's bestselling series... 'In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre 'One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, noir and a deliciously ironic sense of humour ... a delight' Vaseem Khan 'What 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 read' Liz 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 park's equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won't Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park's main attraction? Meanwhile, Henri's 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 it's too late... Absurdly 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 novel's nicely tuned tension' Financial Times 'Enter hitmen, serendipity, offbeat comedy and the reappearance of literally the last person Henri expects to see ... unlike anything else out there' The Times 'A thriller with black comedy worthy of Nabokov' Telegraph Book of the Year Praise 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 emotion' The Times 'The funniest writer in Europe, and one of the very finest ... original and brilliant story-telling' Helen FitzGerald 'British 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 funnier' Guardian 'Dark, gripping and hilarious ... Tuomainen is the Carl Hiaasen of the fjords' Martyn Waites 'A triumph, a joyous, feel-good antidote to troubled times' Kevin Wignall 'Finland's greatest export' M.J. Arlidge 'You don't expect to laugh when you're reading about terrible crimes, but that's what you'll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen's decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times 'Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe' The Times 'Right up there with the best' Times Literary Supplement 'Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern' Daily Express

The Moose Paradox

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.

DIV***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award*** ***Book of the Year in The Times*** Things don't go entirely to plan when undercover ace detective Jan Nyman is sent to the ‘hottest beach in Finland' to investigate a suspicious death. Fargo meets Baywatch in a mesmerising, poignant dark-comedy thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir ‘A roller-coaster read and extraordinarily poignant' Guardian ‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe' Marcel Berlins, The Times ‘Right up there with the best' TLS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sex, lies and ill-fitting swimwear … Sun Protection Factor 100 Jan Nyman, the ace detective of the covert operations unit of the National Central Police, is sent to a sleepy seaside town to investigate a mysterious death. Nyman arrives in the town dominated by a bizarre holiday village – the ‘hottest beach in Finland'. The suspect: Olivia Koski, who has only recently returned to her old hometown. The mission: find out what happened, by any means necessary. With a nod to Fargo, and dark noir, Palm Beach Finland is both a page-turning thriller and a black comedy about lust for money, fleeing dreams and people struggling at turning points in their lives – chasing their fantasies regardless of reason. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ‘Inspired meld of crime and dark comedy … Colourful characters and awkward situations, as when Nyman becomes a person of interest to the locals, enhance the zany plot. Tim Dorsey fans will have fun' Publishers Weekly ‘A sort of Fargo in Finland, if you can imagine such a thing' Crime Reads ‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel set in a bizarre Florida-style beach resort on Finland's chilly shore. There are comically inept dim-crims, inventive psychos, a hot babe and even a blow-up pink flamingo — which is a lot for ace detective Jan Nyman to deal with when he arrives, undercover, to investigate a mysterious death' Sunday Times ‘Tuomainen's crime comedy is frequently compared to Fargo-era Coen Brothers, but Florida's Carl Hiaasen is likely a strong influence too … A full-blooded, off-kilter caper-gone-wrong that also serves as an acerbic commentary on the crime genre' Irish Times 'A tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humour' Foreword Reviews ‘Like Fargo before it, unfortunate events take place and people get in over their heads … The off kilter, black comedy tone is perfect for such a far-fetched story, guaranteeing plenty of spontaneous bouts of laughter' CultureFly ‘You'll laugh, you'll cry with laughter, what is there not to like? Welcome to a classic new holiday resort!' Crime Time‘A quirky, smirky, entertaining slice of fabulous … A wonderful wave of dark humour rolls through this novel gathering raised eyebrows and snorts'

Palm Beach, Finland

Klein-Sibirien

Die letzten Meter bis zum Friedhof

In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created an environmental disaster in a small town in Northern Finland. When the company s executives begin to die in a string of mysterious accidents, and Janne s personal life starts to unravel, past meets present in a catastrophic series of events that could cost him his life. A traumatic story of family, a study in corruption, and a shocking reminder that secrets from the past can return to haunt us, with deadly results."

The Mine

Het is twee dagen voor kerst en de bevolking van Helsinki wordt geteisterd door de gevolgen van een dramatische klimaatverandering. Metrotunnels zijn overstroomd, straten staan blank en de autoriteiten hebben waarschuwingen uitgevaardigd voor besmettelijke ziekten als malaria, tbc, ebola en de pest. De bevolking vlucht naar het uiterste noorden van Finland waar de omstandigheden nog enigszins draaglijk zijn. Er heerst totale anarchie en de macht van de politie wordt ondermijnd door particuliere beveiligingsfirma’s. De dichter Tapani Lehtinen is een van de weinigen die in Helsinki is gebleven. Wanneer zijn vrouw Johanna spoorloos verdwijnt, weet hij zeker dat er iets verschrikkelijks is gebeurd. Haar verdwijning lijkt samen te hangen met haar journalistieke onderzoek naar de Genezer, een nietsontziende milieuactivist met verschillende moorden op zijn geweten. Omdat verdwijningen in het chaotische Helsinki aan de orde van de dag zijn en de politie niet van plan is om iets te ondernemen, besluit Tapani zelf op onderzoek uit te gaan. In zijn koortsachtige zoektocht naar zijn geliefde ontdekt Tapani dat Johanna een deel van haar verleden angstvallig voor hem heeft verzwegen. Een verleden dat te maken heeft met de Genezer... De genezer is een intense thriller over de kracht van liefde in tijden van wanhoop en ontreddering, voor de liefhebbers van Sebastian Fitzek en Arnaldur Indriðason. FILI Finnish Literature Exchange This work has been published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

De genezer

Wat moeten we met ons leven? Wiskundige Henri Koskinen weet het pre cies, want hij berekent alles steevast tot op de laatste decimaal. Maar dat verandert als hij op dezelfde dag zowel zijn baan bij een verzekeringsmaat schappij als zijn broer verliest. Van de laatste erft hij een pretpark - inclu sief eigenaardige werknemers en een zorgwekkende financiële situatie. Het meest schrijnende probleem blijkt een aantal leningen, afgesloten met criminele types die erop gebrand zijn hun geld terug te krijgen. In het pretpark komt Henri intussen in contact met Laura, een artiest met een bewogen verleden. Terwijl de druk van de criminelen toeneemt, groeien Laura en hij steeds dichter naar elkaar toe. Henri komt tegenover uitdagingen te staan die niet kunnen worden opgelost in spreadsheets. Na het grote succes van duistere, spannende Scandinavische crimeboeken biedt Antti Tuomainen iets nieuws en unieks. De haasfactor is niet alleen spannend, maar ook ongelooflijk grappig. Een zeldzame combinatie, die het genre van de humoristische crime op de kaart zet. Antti Tuomainen (1971) is een Finse thrillerauteur. Elk van zijn laatste drie romans stond op de shortlist van de CrimeFest Last Laugh Award. Zijn laatste twee thrillers werden door The Times geschaard onder de beste boeken van het jaar. Over Palm Beach, Finland 'Tuomainen is de grappigste schrijver van Europa.' THE TIMES ' Bij het lezen van afschuwelijke misdaden verwacht je niet te moeten lachen. Toch is dat wat je doet als je naar een van Tuomainens zeer eigenzinnige thrillers grijpt.' THE NEW YORK TIMES Over Little Siberia 'Morele dilemma's, volop actie, en de mix van humor en melancholie die het handelsmerk is van de auteur. Dit is tot op heden de beste van Tuomainen.' THE GUARDIAN

De haasfactor

"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."

Dark As My Heart

Děj románu se odehrává v Helsinkách blízké budoucnosti, kdy fatální změna klimatu přinesla do zdejších ulic kromě přívalů vody také chaos, utečence, narůstající zločinnost a epidemie různých chorob. Dva dny před Vánoci zmizí beze stopy novinářka Johanna Lehtinenová. Policie, jíž se zoufale nedostává lidí a prostředků, se takovou "banalitou" odmítá zabývat. Proto se novinářčin manžel, básník Tapani Lehtinen, pustí do hledání sám, na vlastní pěst. Poměrně záhy odhalí, že manželčino zmizení souvisí s tím, že Johanna shromažďovala materiál o sériovém vrahovi, který systematicky vyvražďuje průmyslové magnáty včetně jejich rodin, úspěšně několik let uniká policii a nechá si říkat Léčitel. Tapani však při zběsilé dvoudenní honbě za vražedným monstrem zároveň narazí v manželčině minulosti na několik velmi překvapivých a s Léčitelem úzce souvisejících okolností, o nichž za deset let trvání manželství neměl nejmenšího tušení. O autorovi: Finský spisovatel Antti Tuomainen (nar. 1971) žije v Helsinkách. V minulosti se živil jako reklamní textař a kreativec. V současnosti je vedle vlastní tvorby činný také jako nezávislý redaktor, mj. soustavně spolupracuje s nejstarším a nejčtenějším finským lifestylovým magazínem Image. Tuomainenova prvotina Doufám, že zabiják (Tappaja, toivoakseni) z roku 2006 je příběh zadluženého muže, který se nechá najmout jako zabiják, třebaže o svém úkolu pochybuje. Vyprávění přerůstá takřka v esej o pomstychtivosti, právu a odpovědnosti. Román Strážce mého bratra (Veljeni vartija) z roku 2009 vypráví o dědovi, otci a synech, kteří jsou všichni dohnáni ke spáchání zločinu. Největšího úspěchu se Tuomainen dočkal se svým třetím a zatím posledním románem Léčitel (Parantaja) z roku 2010, jejž zasadil do Helsinek blízké budoucnosti, ochromených chaosem po prudké změně klimatu. V roce 2011 za něj Tuomainen obdržel prestižní cenu Vuodenjohtolanka (volně přeloženo Stopa roku) udělovanou finským Klubem přátel detektivek. Tuomainen, kritikou řazený k autorům noir detektivek, si mezi fanoušky krimi žánru rychle vydobyl oblibu především pro svůj řízný styl plný svižných dialogů i výstižných charakterizací hlavních postav, jakož i pro neotřelost témat, napínavost a nápadité přesahy do jiných literárních žánrů. Oficiální web autora: http://thrill.knihazlin.cz/?u=anttituomainen

Léčitel

Bývalý polní pastor Joel Huhta se dovídá novinku, která od základů změní celý jeho život. Současně dostane úkol hlídat drahocenný meteorit, který dopadl do malého města, v němž žije. V jednom okamžiku se všechno, na co spoléhal, obrátí vzhůru nohama – a nepřítelem může být kdokoli v jeho okolí.Malá Sibiř je detektivní román a černočerná komedie o víře a pochybách, lásce a smrti i o otázkách větších, než je sám člověk.

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