Antti Tuomainen

Sous le soleil éternel de Finlande

Palm Beach Finland

March 5, 2020
Thriller
384 pages
140 × 210 mm
19,90 €
9782265154667
978-2-2651-5466-7
Translated from Finnish by Céline Maurice
																Antti Tuomainen, Sous le soleil éternel de Finlande
																Antti Tuomainen, Sous le soleil éternel de Finlande

Under the Finnish sun, we don’t hesitate to cool the bodies.

Jan Nyman, a detective specialising in covert operations, is sent to a gloomy seaside resort to investigate a mysterious case: the victim was found murdered in the kitchen of an old villa, a blender lying next to the corpse. Housed in a strange holiday village, on the edge of what is presented as the “hottest beach in Finland” and with the ambition of becoming the new Saint-Tropez, Nyman has every intention of carrying out his mission.
Suspect number 1: Olivia Koski, a lifeguard with irresistible charms and also the owner of the crime scene.
The handicap: Leivo, the founder of the resort, who clearly has other ambitions than entertaining the detective.
The objective: to discover the truth despite the obstacles and dangerous temptations...

The author

Antti Tuomainen (b. 1971) is one of Finland’s most acclaimed and award-winning crime fiction writers. To date, Tuomainen’s works have been translated into more than 25 languages. Crowned “The King of Helsinki Noir” Tuomainen’s piercing and evocative style has never stopped evolving.

Press

“Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe.”

The Times.

“A reading with multiple twists and turns and extraordinarily poignant.”

The Guardian.
Strong points

After the success (commercial and press) of The Man Who Died, the new black and crazy comedy by the Finnish star: an exceptional setting, outstanding humour, characters worthy of the Cohen brothers’ best films, all the ingredients are there to make this text a real success.

A nod to Fargo and the dark, Palm Beach, Finland is both a thriller and a black comedy about the desire for money, fleeting dreams and the desperate pursuit of fantasy.

Originality of the plot, sense of dialogue, unforgettable characters: colourful entertainment.

Bibliography

The Man Who Died (2019)

March 5, 2020
Thriller
384 pages
140 × 210 mm
19,90 €
9782265154667
978-2-2651-5466-7
Translated from Finnish by Céline Maurice