Jeopardy

Arttu Tuominen

Original title: Hyvitys

Author: Arttu Tuominen

Published: 2020

Publisher: WSOY

Genre: Crime & Suspense

Pages: 356

Part of a series: River Delta series

Reading material:

English sample, synopsis

Reading materials:

French edition 1-2

Dutch edition 1-3

German edition 1-4

Danish edition 1-4

Henning Mankell meets Stephen King! Arttu Tuominen’s unique human touch and excellence in depicting characters combined with shocking horror elements brings originality to Nordic Noir.

"Arttu Tuominen is currently one of the best Nordic suspense writers. " - Thomas Gisbertz, Krimi Couch

✓  Arttu Tuominen is a Palle Rosenkrantz Prize-winning and a Spiegel bestselling author! He was shortlisted for the Glass Key Awards 2021, a nominee Book Beat Finland’s Best Finnish Crime Author 2021-2023 and won the ‘Johtolanka’ Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020

✓  International success - River Delta series has sold to 7 territories!

A nightclub, popular among the sexual minorities, in Pori is attacked with a grenade. Five people die and many are injured. The mask-wearing perpetrator, calling themselves the Emissary, uploads a video on the internet claiming that homosexuality is a disease that must be purged from the world, urging others to join the fight.

The story is centered around police commissioner Henrik Oksman, who himself is gay and a transvestite. He himself had attended the club during the faithful night, dressed up as a woman, and had left earlier with another man. Oksman finds himself on the list of suspects police wants to find and interrogate.

The story takes the reader to the world of extremist groups, racism, and religious fundamentalism. How easy it is to shape something you cannot understand yourself?

They are fierce, these Finns, and this year, one of their best crime writers, Arttu Tuominen is awarded the Rosenkrantz Prize for Sendebuddet (Jeopardy) […] Tuominen’s writing is like moonshine when writing about brutally bitter souls.

– Palle Rosenkrantz Prize jury statement

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
DENMARK: Modtryk
FRANCE: Éditions de la Martinière
GERMANY: Bastei Lübbe
NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij de Fontein
SLOVENIA: Založba Litera
Sweden: Lind & Co

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About author

Arttu Tuominen

ARTTU TUOMINEN (b. 1981) is a Spiegel bestselling author and environmental inspector based in Pori, Finland. During the evenings, he writes dark and tough crime novels. He is best known for his psychologically nuanced and gripping crime novels. Tuominen masterfully combines suspense, strong character development, and socially relevant themes in his work. His River Delta series has sold over 230,000 copies in Finland alone and has been published in six different languages. Tuominen has received numerous accolades, including the Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue of the Year) award for The Oath and the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize from the Danish Crime Academy for Jeopardy. In addition he has been nominated for the prestigious Glass Key Award. His novels have earned widespread praise from both critics and readers, firmly establishing him as a leading voice in Finnish crime fiction.

Bibliography


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Jeopardy


2019, Crime & Suspense

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The Oath