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James Thompson's incomparable Inspector Vaara is back in a new chilling Nordic mystery.An Estonian woman begs Inspector Kari Vaara to find her daughter, Loviise, a young woman with Down syndrome who was promised work and a better life in Finland ... and has since disappeared.One more missing girl is a drop in the barrel for a police department that is understaffed and overburdened, but for Kari, the case is personal: it's a chance for redemption, to help the victims his failed black-ops unit was intended to save, and to prove to his estranged wife, Kate, that he's still the man he once was.His search will lead him from the glittering world of Helsinki's high-class clubs to the darkest circles of Finland's underground trade in trafficked women and straight into the path of Loviise's captors, who may be some of the most untouchable people in the country.
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American by birth, James Thompson is an established author in Finland. His novel, Snow Angels, the first in the Inspector Vaara series, was released in the U.S. by Putnam and marked his entrance into the international crime fiction scene. Booklist named it one of the ten best debut crime novels of 2010, and it was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Strand Critics awards. His second Vaara novel, Lucifer's Tears, released in March, 2011, earned starred reviews from all quarters, and was named one the best novels of the year by Kirkus. The third in the series, Helsinki White, was released on March 15, 2012 to critical acclaim. He is also a reviewer for The New York Journal of Books.Thompson, an American, age forty-seven, has lived in Finland for over a dozen years. He resides in Helsinki with his Finnish wife. He has a Master's degree in English Philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he is fluent. Thompson is represented by Penn Whaling of Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency,. His U.S. publisher is G.P. Putnam's Sons, and at present his works are distributed by a dozen publishers worldwide. International film rights for the first three books in Inspector Vaara series have been optioned. In the past, Thompson has worked as a bartender, bouncer, construction worker, and soldier.www.jamesthompsonauthor.comFacebook: James Thompson authorTwitter: tassu15OrganizationsMystery Writers of AmericaNew York Journal of Books (reviewer)Novelists incorporated NincSisters in CrimeLinks / Social Networkswebsite and blog: www.jamesthompsonauthor.comFacebook: James Thompson authorTwitter: tassu1Amazon author pageCrimespaceGoodreadsLibraryThingLinked inmyspaceShelfari
