Loukko by 
Original title: Punainen verkko
Author: Aamos Honka
Published: 2025
Publisher: Gummerus
Genre: Crime & Suspense
Pages: 489
Reading material:
Finnish edition,
English sample & synopsis
A frighteningly topical debut thriller from an insider in the intelligence world, revealing the hidden heart of secrets ops and hybrid warfare.
Planes collide in London. Electricity and information networks are attacked in Finland. Janne Peura from military intelligence and Laura Vesterinen from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service track down signs of foreign power operations. When Janne and Laura's lines cross, they take on major roles in a high stakes international game.
Once you read the book, the news headlines will never look the same to you.
The sequel to Crimson Web, book #2 in the Janne Peura series, is slated to be published in Finland in November 2025.
PRAISE
“The book delivers absolutely brilliant intensity. The thriller draws you in and keeps you tightly in its grip. At times, the pace is downright breathtakingly exciting."
– Luetut.net book blog
“With his debut, Aamos Honka made my blood run cold. – When things get going, they do so with such speed and astonishment that even the most cynical reader is left breathless. – The series starts off quite powerfully, so expectations are high for what follows."
– Kirsin kirjanurkka blog
“A great book for fans of espionage novels."
– Kuunneltua blog
“One rarely encounters as great a debut thriller as the 50-year-old Aamos Honka’s literary debut Crimson Web, published in January. A professional debut thriller that exemplifies the Chinese hybrid warfare and TikTok as a spy program."
– Jari Olavi Hiltunen, Satakunnan Kansa newspaper, Finland
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