The Healer |
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Author:
| Tuomainen, Antti |
Translator:
| Rogers, Lola |
ISBN: | 978-0-09-956957-2 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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Imprint: | Arrow |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe- subway tunnels are flooded; the streets are full of abandoned vehicles; the social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still willing to live in the city. When Tapani's journalist wife Johanna goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna's disappearance seems to be connected to a...
More DescriptionIt's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe- subway tunnels are flooded; the streets are full of abandoned vehicles; the social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still willing to live in the city.
When Tapani's journalist wife Johanna goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna's disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a serial killer known as 'The Healer'. Determined to find Johanna, Tapani's search leads him to uncover secrets from her past- secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating...