Original title: Viides artikla
Author: Aamos Honka
Published: 2025
Publisher: Gummerus
Genre: Crime & Suspense
Pages: 450
Reading material:
Finnish manuscript
A secret plan is afoot that threatens the European financial system, while special forces prepare for a fight no one sees coming. For fans of espionage novels, thriller enthusiasts and those fascinated by today’s geopolitical tension and those who seek more than just action. A fresh Finnish perspective on global intelligence conflict. This is intelligent, high-stakes fiction where espionage, psychological depth, and real-world relevance collide.
A strike team murders a banker in his castle on the Scottish moors. At the same time, hackers are close to breaching a bank’s security measures. A secret plan is afoot that threatens the European financial system.
In Finland, it has been noticed that Belarus is moving refugees and military equipment close to the border with Lithuania. Tiina Mäkelä, detective at the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, is sent on a dangerous undercover assignment to find out what is going on.
Janne Peura has been assigned as a defence attaché in Washington, DC. The United States is on the brink of civil war and soon Janne finds himself in the middle of events that have a direct impact on the security of not only Finland, but the entire NATO alliance.
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