Matti Rönkä

According to his dossier in the archives of the Soviet Special Forces (in which he once served), Viktor Karppa has the look of a killer . Except he really isnt one, notwithstanding his ability to sever a man s windpipe with his hand. Despite his messy, ambiguous past, Karppa now has an orderly life as an entrepreneur in Helsinki, and likes it just fine that way. His new girlfriend Marja, an academic, also prefers things as they are tranquil and uncomplicated. Karppa helps members of the downtrodden Ingrian community Russian-speaking ethnic Finns who have emigrated from their native Russia back to Finland adjust to their new surroundings. Thus his dream of a quiet life is regularly thwarted by Finns and Russians on both sides of the law who know too much about him. When he accepts a well-paid case to locate an antique dealer s missing Estonian wife, Karppa discovers the woman is also the sister of a notorious gangster. So begins his descent into an international criminal underworld with all the trimmings: drug lords, former KGB operatives and sundry other heavy characters. Suddenly nothing is as it was not least with Marja, who has become all too aware that her man s line of work is unlikely to bode well for a healthy relationship

La gran novela negra venida de Finlandia "Gornost#jev, es usted un hombre con cara de asesino", le dijeron en sus tiempos en el ej#rcito sovi#tico. Hoy su nombre es V#ktor K#rpp#, pero la cara sigue siendo la misma. Entre los recuerdos agridulces de la patria, las amenazas del inspector Korhonen y los encargos sucios de Ryzhkov, mafioso de pocas palabras y muchos secretos, vuelve el pasado a presentar la cuenta con un recado que lleva la firma de un ex agente de la KGB y que puede implicar tambi#n a Marja, la estudiante inconformista de la que se est# enamorando.

La gran novela negra venida de Finlandia. Ganadora de los principales premios de novela, está siendo traducida a dieciocho idiomas. «Gornostájev, es usted un hombre con cara de asesino», le dijeron e

La gran novela negra venida de Finlandia.Ganadora de los principales premios de novela, está siendo traducida a dieciocho idiomas.«Gornostájev, es usted un hombre con cara de asesino», le dijeron en