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- Translated by
- David Hackston
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- The Rabbit Factor
2021
EN
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, FIRST in a series…**Soon to be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios**'Laconic, thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero t...
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- Translated by
- David Hackston
- Book 0 -
- The Rabbit Factor Trilogy
2026
EN
Get ALL THREE books in the hilarious, award-winning, internationally bestselling Rabbit Factor trilogy in one GREAT VALUE set!An insurance mathematician's carefully ordered life is upended when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park … with criminals, desperate schemes, dangerous enemies, impossibly high stakes and the bewildering chaos of family life. A darkly funny, tense and brilliantly offbeat trilogy from award-winning Finnish auth...
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- Translated by
- David Hackston
2017
EN
When Finnish mushroom entrepreneur Jaakko discovers that he has been slowly poisoned, he sets out to find his would-be murderer … with dark and hilarious results. The critically acclaimed standalone thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir…***Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year******Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award***'Right up there with the best' Times Literary Sup...
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Little Siberia
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX MOVIE! - The darkly funny breakout bestseller
- Translated by
- David Hackston
2019
EN
The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious thriller, by the international bestselling author of The Rabbit Factor and The Man Who Died – MAJOR MOVIE coming soon to Netflix!`With moral dilemmas, plenty of action, and the author's trademark mixture of humour and melancholy, this is Tuomainen's best yet´ Guardian`Scandinavia's answer to Carl Hiaa...
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The Burning Stones
The nail-bitingly tense, darkly funny new thriller from the author of The Man Who Died
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- David Hackston
2024
EN
A top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead … in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from 'The funniest writer in Europe´ ( The Times)`The best comic crime novel you'll read this year´ Abir Mukherjee`Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive … the novel's glorious gallery o...
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Beasts of the Sea
A Novel
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- David Hackston
2025
EN
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“Turpeinen matches the heights of Andrea Barrett” in this sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans (Publishers Weekly starred review).In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering’s Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach thei...
The Winter Job
The darkly funny, touching new thriller from the author of the Netflix hit LITTLE SIBERIA
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- David Hackston
2025
EN
A desperate father's Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger … A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.`Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers' offering´ ...
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My Friend Natalia
A Novel
- Translated by
- David Hackston
2021
EN
New York Times Book Review • Editors' ChoiceEntertainment Weekly • Best Books of the MonthBuzzfeed • Spring Books We Couldn't Put DownOne of Finland’s most dynamic novelists bursts onto the American literary scene with this erotic story of an ambitious therapist’s sessions with an unforgettable patient.Natalia cannot stop thinking about sex.With this mesmerizing tale of one woman’s potent aff...
My Cat Yugoslavia
A Novel
- Translated by
- David Hackston
2017
EN
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A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat.In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not jus...
Crossing
A Novel
- Translated by
- David Hackston
2019
EN
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**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTFrom the acclaimed author of My Cat Yugoslavia: a stunning, incandescent new novel that speaks to identity, war, exile, love, betrayal, and heartbreak**The death of head of state Enver Hoxha and the loss of his father leave Bujar growing up in the ruins of Communist Albania and of his own family. Only his fearless best friend, Agim—who is facing his own realizations about his gender and sexuality—gives him hope for the future. Together...
The Moose Paradox
The outrageously funny, tense sequel to the No. 1 bestselling The Rabbit Factor
- Translated by
- David Hackston
- Book 2 -
- The Rabbit Factor
2022
EN
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 series…'In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary?' Chris Brookmyre'One of those rare writers who manages to deftly balance intrigue, n...
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- David Hackston
2026
EN
**A journalist and a police detective track a serial killer through the streets of Helsinki in this nail-biting psychological thriller.“A brilliant game of cat and mouse.” - The Times**5 years ago, Ida bravely took the stand against her celebrity therapist Clarissa Virta and Virta's monstrous husband. Now in her twenties, she is putting the past behind her and throwing herself into a new job, alongside her newly-sober father at the crime desk of Helsinki Today
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Available Jul 28, 2026











