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Wolves and Angels
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WINNER OF THE CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
392 Pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0-9824449-5-5
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392 Pages, paperback
ISBN: 978-0-9824449-5-5
Sale Price $9.99
Shipping free in USA
Prefer an eBook? Available in Amazon.com!
The lifeless body of an unidentified disabled man is found on a cold fall night in the Finnish city of Tampere. The police learn that the deceased was a member of the “Fallen Angels,” a gang of wheelchair bound motorcycle enthusiasts.
Soon there are more attacks on the disabled and ailing. Detective Sakari Koskinen and his eccentric team spring into action: How are these events linked? Is there a serial killer on the loose playing angel of mercy?
Excerpt from the novel:
Two motorcycles raised a dust cloud over a country road. Two teenagers sat on each bike - a boy in front with a girl in back, each with her arms tightly wrapped around the boy's waist. It was June, 1986.
They had left the city half an hour earlier, but the boys had insisted on watching the end of the soccer match on television. Maradona had made two goals against England within a matter of minutes. the boys thought the first was a hand ball. But the referees had still counted it. They couldn't know then that people would still be talking about the "Hand of God" decades later. There were a lot of other things they didn't know yet either. But the Hand of God would come to occupy both of their minds.
The motorcycles turned onto a narrow forest road at a red barn, bumping along a little way and finally coming to a stop in the yard of a green summer cottage. The driver of the second motorcycle ran to the shore, pulling his clothes off as he went. He sped up as he hit the dock, jumping high in the air, executing a beautiful pike and diving headfirst into the water.
He registered the blow to the crown of his head and felt a brief, electric pain run down the back of his head into his spine. Then everything went black.
Critically acclaimed Wolves and Angels, winner of 2002 Finnish Crime Novel of the Year, is a gripping story about the struggles of the disabled coping with their new lives and the strains on those who care for them. Nuanced depictions of interpersonal relationships and personal challenges make Jokinen's characters come to life on the page.
Soon there are more attacks on the disabled and ailing. Detective Sakari Koskinen and his eccentric team spring into action: How are these events linked? Is there a serial killer on the loose playing angel of mercy?
Excerpt from the novel:
Two motorcycles raised a dust cloud over a country road. Two teenagers sat on each bike - a boy in front with a girl in back, each with her arms tightly wrapped around the boy's waist. It was June, 1986.
They had left the city half an hour earlier, but the boys had insisted on watching the end of the soccer match on television. Maradona had made two goals against England within a matter of minutes. the boys thought the first was a hand ball. But the referees had still counted it. They couldn't know then that people would still be talking about the "Hand of God" decades later. There were a lot of other things they didn't know yet either. But the Hand of God would come to occupy both of their minds.
The motorcycles turned onto a narrow forest road at a red barn, bumping along a little way and finally coming to a stop in the yard of a green summer cottage. The driver of the second motorcycle ran to the shore, pulling his clothes off as he went. He sped up as he hit the dock, jumping high in the air, executing a beautiful pike and diving headfirst into the water.
He registered the blow to the crown of his head and felt a brief, electric pain run down the back of his head into his spine. Then everything went black.
Critically acclaimed Wolves and Angels, winner of 2002 Finnish Crime Novel of the Year, is a gripping story about the struggles of the disabled coping with their new lives and the strains on those who care for them. Nuanced depictions of interpersonal relationships and personal challenges make Jokinen's characters come to life on the page.