The Healer

Informationen zum Autor Antti Tuomainen was born in 1971 and lives in Helsinki. He was an award-winning copywriter in the advertising industry before he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. In 2011 Tuomainen's third novel! The Healer! was awarded the Clue Award for 'Best Finnish Crime Novel 2011'. The Finnish press labelled The Healer 'unputdownable'. Critics praised his piercing and evocative style! and acknowledged that he is one of the first writers to challenge the Scandinavian crime genre formula. The Healer was shortlisted for the Glass Key Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel in 2012 (previous winners include Henning Mankell! Stieg Larsson! Jo Nesbo! Arnaldur Indridason! Karin Fossum and Hakan Nesser). Klappentext It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling climate catastrophe. Social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. On the rain-soaked streets! a man searches for his missing wife and finds himself on the trail of a serial killer known as 'The HEALER'. Atmospheric and moving! this is a story of survival! loyalty and determination in desperate times.

Product details

• Authors: Antti Tuomainen
• Assisted by: Lola Rogers (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9781846555886
• ISBN: 978-1-84655-588-6
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Series: HARVILL SECKER
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Finnische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.)