By Leena Lehtolainen
Twenty-three-year-old legislation pupil Maria Kallio is recruited for a short lived place on the Helsinki police division. Sweet-faced yet tricky and hot-tempered, Maria faces pushback from her new squad – so whilst a tender playboy is murdered at his family’s summer season villa, the recent detective is out to end up herself.
Found floating facedown on the water’s facet after an evening of partying, Tommi Pelatonen seems to were murdered through one among his closest associates – yet why? As Maria discovers, sour ardour and jealousy seethe less than the placid floor of the group’s privileged, carefree way of life. As Maria uncovers the victim’s unsavory secrets and techniques, causes for all seven suspects come to mild. Now it’s as much as her to untangle the clues sooner than the killer moves again.
The first e-book in Leena Lehtolainen’s overseas bestselling Nordic crime sequence starring Detective Maria Kallio, My First homicide serves up homicide with a slice of existence within the Finnish higher crust.
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Publicizing your stolen art will make the works impossible to sell. Contact Interpol. ” Interpol? The Art Loss Register? Wolfond had never heard of them. About a year and a half later, when I showed up at the Lonsdale Gallery to write a piece about the burglaries, Wolfond hadn’t taken Czegledi’s advice: he was still nervous about moving his story into the public arena. He had settled the insurance already and was fearful of the thief’s reprisal if he spoke openly about the burglaries. Still, I got the sense from him that he wanted to talk.
Sir,” he said politely. “Mr. ——— has instructed me to tell you he has left a message on your phone and you are to follow the instructions and deliver the envelope to his room. ” I was worried now. I was staying in a hotel that seemed to be completely under the Organizer’s control. What would happen if I didn’t pay? He obviously knew what room I was in. He probably had a key card to it. It was past midnight. Czegledi looked concerned as well. ” she asked. “Do you think you should go to your room?
I’ve already paid the bill with my Visa card. ” “I don’t care about that bill. ” “I don’t care what you are writing about,” he said. ” “I’ve paid. ” I wasn’t sure what to do. I stood still, didn’t step back. But the Organizer stepped closer. The clerk, other staff in the lobby, and a few guests circulating near the desk looked frightened. Czegledi watched Egypt · 43 intently from a few feet away. I thought the Organizer was going to punch me. Instead he poked me with his finger. ” he shouted.