Palm Beach, Finland

by Antti Tuomainen (Author), Antti Tuomainen (Author), Antti Tuomainen (Author)

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  Paperback
  2018

  $3.51

  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.
  
  `Right up there with the best' TLS
  
  `Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny' Irish Times
  
  `Like the death cap mushroom, Tuomainen's dark story manages to be as delicious as it is toxic' Sunday Express
  
  `A roller-coaster read and extraordinarily poignant' Guardian
  
  `A winner right from the first sentence ... an offbeat jewel' Publishers Weekly
  
  `A tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humour' Foreword Reviews

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  Paperback
  2018

  $8.95

  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.
  
  `Right up there with the best' TLS
  
  `Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny' Irish Times
  
  `Like the death cap mushroom, Tuomainen's dark story manages to be as delicious as it is toxic' Sunday Express
  
  `A roller-coaster read and extraordinarily poignant' Guardian
  
  `A winner right from the first sentence ... an offbeat jewel' Publishers Weekly
  
  `A tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humour' Foreword Reviews