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Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa is called in when an unidentified woman in a coma is murdered, the killer's tears staining her sheets, in a haunting, beautifully written thriller for fans of Menkell and Chandler Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa is called to the local hospital in which his young wife died several years before. An unidentified woman in a coma has been murdered by someone who wept over the body, their tears staining the sheets around her. The death marks the start of a series of killings, with the unknown patient at their center. As autumn turns to winter, and Christmas fast approaches, Kimmo’s attempts to unravel the case and identify the first victim are complicated by the disappearance of his sometime girlfriend, who has vanished after a party thrown by the head of the police force, and by a colleague’s spiral into the depths of a gambling addiction.
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Light in a dark house, Jan Costin Wagner
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- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jan Costin Wagner
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0099572672
- ISBN13
- 9780099572671
- Series
- Kimmo Joentaa
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Love, Thriller, Suspense, German Literature, Murders, Series, Past, Violence, Teens, Revenge, Nordic Noir, Rape, Finland, Finnish Detective Novels
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- Das Licht in einem dunklen Haus
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
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- Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa is called in when an unidentified woman in a coma is murdered, the killer's tears staining her sheets, in a haunting, beautifully written thriller for fans of Menkell and Chandler Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa is called to the local hospital in which his young wife died several years before. An unidentified woman in a coma has been murdered by someone who wept over the body, their tears staining the sheets around her. The death marks the start of a series of killings, with the unknown patient at their center. As autumn turns to winter, and Christmas fast approaches, Kimmo’s attempts to unravel the case and identify the first victim are complicated by the disappearance of his sometime girlfriend, who has vanished after a party thrown by the head of the police force, and by a colleague’s spiral into the depths of a gambling addiction.