Leena Lehtolainen

Maria Kallio has just been assigned her first murder investigation. To prove to herself and her squad that she has what it takes to be a detective, she'll have to solve the death of Tommi Peltonen. Found floating facedown at the water's edge of his Helsinki villa, Tommi had invited his choir group to spend a weekend at his retreat. But beneath the choir's seemingly tight-knit bonds seethed bitter passion and jealousy. As Maria sets out to determine the difference between friends and foes, she uncovers the victim's unsavory past - and motives for all seven suspects. Now it's up to her to untangle a complex set of clues before the killer strikes again.

My First Murder

Minne tytöt kadonneet

Surunpotku

Rautakolmio

Viattomuuden loppu

"After solving her first murder and leaving the Helsinki Police Department behind, Maria Kallio thought that a move to the neighboring city of Espoo would signal a fresh start--a chance to not only put her new law degree to use but to nurture her budding romance with Antti Sarkela. But when she discovers the strangled body of a new acquaintance, old habits die hard for the redheaded sleuth--especially since the accused is not only the victim's fiancé but a member of Antti's family. Though she works as a legal counselor, Kallio soon finds herself unofficially investigating the murder, now labeled a sex crime. While Antti's relative may have some peculiar sexual tendencies, Kallio doubts that the man she's agreed to defend is capable of the crime. To crack the case, Kallio will have to pull back the curtain on Espoo high society...and uncover a secret someone is willing to kill to keep hidden"--P. [4] of cover.

Her enemy

Tuulen puolella

Ennen lähtöä

Rivo satakieli

Väärän jäljillä

Veren vimma

Former police sergeant Maria Kallio gladly left her tiny Finnish hometown of Arpikylä without looking back. But even though Maria despises the small town and the acrid smell from its now-closed copper mine, when Arpikylä's sheriff asks her to serve as deputy sheriff for the summer, she agrees. What should have been a quiet summer soon turns dramatic--and deadly. Meritta, an outspoken local artist, plunges to her death from the copper mine's tower, and Maria immediately suspects someone helped her fall. Now Maria must face the harsh truth that one of the town's residents killed Meritta, and friends Maria has known for decades all harbor their own murderous motives--even Johnny, her gorgeous former crush who almost makes her forget about her long-distance boyfriend, Antti, who is studying in Chicago. In this thrilling addition to the internationally successful Maria Kallio mystery series, the past and present of the beloved Finnish detective violently collide, leaving her future in grave danger.

Copper Heart

When the well-known director of a women's retreat center goes missing, Espoo Police Detective Maria Kallio is called to investigate. As the missing woman's friends and family quickly become the pool of suspects, Maria must soften her tough interrogation style to uncover the information she needs to solve the crime. Meanwhile, a killer Maria put in prison escapes and sets out to take revenge. As the missing persons case—and Maria's personal life—become increasingly complicated, the Espoo Police work to track down the escaped killer before it's too late.

Snow Woman

Maria Kallios tiende sak tar opp et hyperaktuelt tema og ser på integrasjon og islam i Europa med et nyansert blikk. I den lille byen Espoo forsvinner tre muslimske jenter med kort tids mellomrom, men ingen av dem er meldt savnet av familiene sine.

Hvor er alle jentene nå?

A group of hate crimes, a conspiracy, or a coincidence? Investigator Maria Kallio searches for answers close to home in award-winning author Leena Lehtolainen's riveting thriller. After completing a dangerous mission training police officers in war-torn Afghanistan, Detective Maria Kallio returns to Finland as the head of a new special crimes unit. But what awaits her in her home country is her most challenging and unsettling case yet. Three immigrant Muslim girls, all members of the same social club, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances. When the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her own headscarf, the investigation takes on a grim new urgency. Is there a xenophobic serial killer on the loose? A random white nationalist? Or does something more insidious bind the girls? In a Finnish city struggling to assimilate a new population of Muslim immigrants, the answers are hard to come by... One thing is certain: it will take a detective familiar with the darkest depths of humanity to sift through the wreckage of clashing cultures in search of the truth. That detective is Maria Kallio.

Where Have All the Young Girls Gone

Turmanluoti

As a professional bodyguard, Hilja Ilveskero rarely loses her cool. But one day, she and a client have an argument in a Moscow fur salon, and Hilja quits on the spot. When the client turns up dead, Hilja quickly discovers thatshe is a suspect. In an attempt to clear her name and find the killer, she uncovers ever-deeper layers of subterfuge. Amid all the covert treachery and intrigue, Hilja finds herself falling in love with a suspicious yet irresistibly sexy man—but is her heart clouding her judgment? In this tale of political romance populated by Russian oligarchs, Finnish politicians, and undercover cops, no one is what they seem and no one can be trusted. A fast-paced, tightly woven tale of love, murder, betrayal, and high-stakes deal-making, The Bodyguard—the first in a gripping trilogy by internationally acclaimed Nordic crime author Leena Lehtolainen—exposes the delicacy and dark underbelly of international relations on both a human and global scale.

The Bodyguard

Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short. Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that isn't going to stop her from putting everything she has into solving the murder. With a promotion on the line and her arrogant adversary, Pertti Ström, vying for the new job, Maria is determined to make an arrest. Could it be the deviant criminal who's lately been terrorizing the city? Is it the former lover of Noora's mother, who has been stalking the family since she rejected him? Or might the killer be someone even closer than that? With so much riding on Noora's success--and so many people with motives to murder--the detective must sift through the long list of suspects before the case turns ice cold. Death Spiral, the fifth book in Lehtolainen's international bestselling Nordic crime series, is a chilling tale of hot tempers, high stakes, and the untimely death of a rising star.

Death Spiral

Jorvin sairaalaan tuodaan pahasti viillelty vähäpukeinen nainen. Seuraavana päivänä julkkisprostituoitu murhataan suorassa televisiolähetyksessä.

Maria Kallio 9

Rivo Satakieli

Dopo alcuni anni passati negli uffici della polizia, nella noiosa routine degli interrogatori a piccoli delinquenti, Maria Kallio riprende i suoi studi alla facoltà di giurisprudenza. Ma stare lontano dall’azione non è la sua strada, così, quando se ne presenta l’opportunità, accetta di sostituire un collega per un’indagine. Sarà la sua prima vera occasione di risolvere un caso di omicidio: un uomo è stato trovato assassinato, annegato e con una ferita alla testa, durante un week-end nella villa dei genitori mentre era in compagnia di altre sette persone, impegnate nelle prove del coro di cui facevano parte. Tra loro si nasconde il colpevole. Maria Kallio comincia l’inchiesta e interroga tutti i presenti, ma il suo compito si rivela subito arduo: lei stessa ha conosciuto di sfuggita la vittima e alcuni dei sospettati ai tempi degli studi, e deve ricostruire i fatti senza lasciarsi in fluenzare dai ricordi che riaffiorano nella sua mente. Sullo sfondo di intrighi passionali e criminalità internazionale, l’ispettrice cerca una traccia che forse la porterà ad affrontare prima di tutto le proprie durezze e fragilità e poi, inesorabilmente, il vero colpevole.

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