{"product_id":"evil-things-katja-ivar-9781912242092","title":"Evil Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eNorthern Finland, 1952, at the height of the Cold War with its neighbor the Soviet Union. A misunderstood, flawed, whip-smart Finnish woman police detective, while fighting against prejudice and political interference, investigates a murder on the Finno-Russian border. But that is but the beginning of her involvement. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHella Mauzer was the first-ever woman Inspector in the Helsinki Homicide Unit. But her superiors deemed her too 'emotional' for the job and had her reassigned. Now, two years later, she is working in Lapland for the Ivalo police department under Chief Inspector J舐vi, a man more interested in criminal statistics and his social life than police work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey receive a letter from Irja Waltari, a priest's wife from the village of K蒿rmela on the Soviet border, informing them of the disappearance of Erno Jokinen, a local. Hella jumps at the chance to investigate. J舐vi does not think that a crime is involved. After all, people disappear all the time in the snows of Finland. When she arrives, Hella stays with the village priest and his wife, who have taken in Erno's grandson who refuses to tell anyone his grandfather's secret. A body is then discovered in the forest and she realizes that she was right; a crime has been committed. A murder. \u003cb\u003eBut what Hella doesn't know, is that the small village of K蒿rmela is harbouring another crime, a crime so evil, it is beyond anything any of them could have ever imagined.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katja Ivar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912242095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912242092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2018","brand":"Katja Ivar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983783002367,"sku":"9781912242092","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0209bef5-7bbb-4958-9c2d-3f33cb58e8b4.jpg?v=1683268691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evil-things-katja-ivar-9781912242092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}