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Orenda Books
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighborhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel. But Joel has a lot more on his mind than simply protecting...
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Orenda Books
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English
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An insurance mathematician's carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park ... with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen. Just one spreadsheet away from What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal. And then,...
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Orenda Books
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying. What is more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him. Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful rollercoaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations...
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Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure park's equipment supply company ... Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainen's bestselling Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past...
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Orenda Books
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English
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Can everyone's favorite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? He's about to find out in the final installment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit Factor Trilogy. Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto...
6. The healer
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Pub. Date:
2013
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English
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One man's search for his missing wife in a dystopian futuristic Helsinki that is struggling with ruthless climate change It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings about malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway where conditions...
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Publisher:
Orenda Books
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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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...
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Series:
Henri Koskinen volume 1
Publisher:
Audio-To-Go
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
German
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Die Nummer 1 aus Finnland: Tuomainens Romane sind wie die Filme von Aki Kaurismäki: spannend, tragisch, humorvoll und schräg: Alles im Leben ist berechenbar. Davon ist der Versicherungsmathematiker Henri Koskinen überzeugt; beruflich wie privat kalkuliert er stets bis zur letzten Dezimalstelle. Doch dann verliert Henri seinen Job. Und erbt einen Abenteuerpark - mit ziemlich eigenwilligen Mitarbeitern und beunruhigenden finanziellen Problemen. Offenbar...
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Henri Koskinen volume 3
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Audio-To-Go
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
German
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Die Nummer 1 aus Finnland: "Tuomainen ist der witzigste Krimiautor Europas." - The Times. Henri Koskinen, der stets an Vernunft und Ordnung glaubt, zieht bei der Malerin Laura Helanto und ihrer Tochter ein. Trotz aller Turbulenzen scheint es für den Versicherungsmathematiker und Abenteuerparkbesitzer endlich aufwärtszugehen. Doch wie lässt sich die unkalkulierbare Realität einer bunt zusammengewürfelten Familie mit den permanenten Betrügereien...
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Series:
Henri Koskinen volume 2
Publisher:
Audio-To-Go
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
German
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Die Nr. 1 aus Finnland: Spannend, tragisch, humorvoll und schräg. Versicherungsmathematiker Henri Koskinen hat gerade sein Leben und den ererbten Abenteuerpark wieder in Ordnung gebracht, als ein Mann aus seiner Vergangenheit auftaucht und alles auf den Kopf stellt. Und das ist nur eins von Henris Problemen. Warum will ihm die Finnische Spiele AG die versprochene Elchschanze nicht liefern, obwohl er dringend eine neue Attraktion für den Park braucht?...
11. The Mine
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Publisher:
Orenda Books
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created an environmental disaster in a small town in Northern Finland. When the company's executives begin to die in a string of mysterious accidents, and Janne's personal life starts to unravel, past meets present in a catastrophic series of events that could cost him his life. A traumatic story of family,...
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Publisher:
Orenda Books
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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The funniest writer in Europe' The Times Saunas, love and a ladleful of A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered ... in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death? The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen - top salesperson and the victim's potential successor at Steam Devil. And as if hitting middle age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose,...
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Audio-To-Go
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
German
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Du suchst deinen Mörder und findest dich selbst! Jaakko ist 37, als sein Arzt ihm eröffnet, dass er bald sterben wird: Jemand hat ihn vergiftet. Das an sich ist schon genug, um einem Mann so richtig den Tag zu verderben. Leider wird Jaakko zu Hause auch noch Zeuge, wie ihn seine Frau mit Petri betrügt, dem jungen knackigen Angestellten der gemeinsamen Firma. Der Firma, die jüngst gefährliche Konkurrenz bekommen hat. Jaakko beschließt herauszufinden,...
14. Klein Sibirien
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Publisher:
Audio-To-Go
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
German
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Joel Huhta ist Dorfpfarrer in Hurmevaara, einem beschaulichen finnischen Dorf. Ein nachdenklicher, warmherziger Mann, dessen Glauben an das Gute im Menschen auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird, als zunächst seine geliebte Ehefrau auf Abwege zu geraten scheint. Vor allem aber, als der Rennwagen des Rallye-Fahrers Tarvainen während einer besonders waghalsigen Fahrt durch den verschneiten Wald von einem Meteoriten getroffen wird. Der Meteorit kommt...
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Publisher:
Audio-To-Go
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
German
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Eine Kleinstadt im finnischen Nirgendwo. Der neue Investor hat den Ort in "Palm Beach, Finland" umgetauft, warum auch nicht? Alles erinnert an "Miami Vice" und "Baywatch": Die Namen der farbenfroh überstrichenen maroden Hütten, die hautengen Badeanzüge der Rettungsschwimmer, das überdimensionale Werbebanner am Ortseingang. Davon abgesehen unterscheidet sich das Küstennest kaum von den anderen traurigen Badeorten der Umgebung. Olivia Kosk ist...