Canoe

A. M. Ollikainen

Original title: Ruuhi

Author: A. M. Ollikainen

Published: 2026

Publisher: Otava

Genre: Crime & Suspense

Pages: 268

Part of a series: Paula Pihlaja series

Reading material:

Finnish edition, English synopsis

A world‑class thriller that grips you with its chilling hold. The series that has hooked readers returns darker than ever.

A small boat drifts off the coast of Helsinki. At its bottom lies a dead girl whose identity is unknown. No one seems to miss her. Who is she? Where has the child been hidden, and what happened to her?

The investigation leads Detective Inspector Paula Pihlaja to the traces of a strange cult and deep into ancient Finnish beliefs. At the same time, her team is starting to fracture: everyone seems to be hiding something, not least Paula herself, whose incurable illness is only a matter of time from being revealed to her colleagues.

Will Paula uncover the girl’s fate before more canoes are set afloat?

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
LITHUANIA: Baltos lankos

About author

A. M. Ollikainen

A. M. Ollikainen is a pseudonym for author duo Aki and Milla Ollikainen. Aki Ollikainen has published three novels and won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize in 2012. He has also been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Prix Femina in 2016. Milla Ollikainen has published three crime novels and won Like Publishing and the Finnish Detective Society’s Crime novel writing competition in 2012. Cargo is their first novel together and the Winner of a National Crime Novel Competition.

Photo credit: Marja Kokkonen

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