{"product_id":"dead-north-sandy-mccutcheon-9781912356805","title":"Dead North","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe discovery of a woman, unconscious in a boat on London's River Thames, launches Detective Inspector Nicole Parry into an investigation that everyone else, including the CIA and MI6, want buried. When the woman is interviewed in hospital she responds in a language nobody can understand or even recognise. Then she vanishes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the orders of her superiors and in the face of deadly opposition from the security forces of Britain and the USA, and hunted by the Russian mafia, Nicole, suspended from duty, begins an investigation that takes her from London to Helsinki, into the wilds of Finland and eventually plunges her into the murky world of contemporary Russian politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeaming up with taciturn Finnish Security Intelligence Officer, Pentti Toivonen, Nicole risks death and disgrace in order to stop a plot that is intended to unseat governments and unleash extremist forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way the only clues appear to come from the ancient Finnish epic poem The Kalevala, and hinge on the theft of a mythical object - the Sampo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving ancient folklore with contemporary events, Dead North is a literary thriller in the Scandinavian Noir tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandy McCutcheon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912356805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912356805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.97d","brand":"Sandy McCutcheon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800601047295,"sku":"9781912356805","price":16.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-north-sandy-mccutcheon-9781912356805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}