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Leena Lehtolainen
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…
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Professional bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero will do anything to protect her client. But when that client is the daughter of a nefarious real estate tycoon who is the mortal enemy of…
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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…
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American-trained bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero is accustomed to danger. Maybe that’s what attracted her to agent David Stahl in the first place-he’s sexy, he’s dashing, and he’s most definitely dangerous-and try…
Originally published in Finnish as: Harmin paikka (Tammi, 1994).
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…
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…
Former police sergeant Maria Kallio gladly left her tiny Finnish hometown of Arpikyla without looking back. But even though Maria despises the small town and the acrid smell from its…
After months of maternity leave, tough-talking Espoo police detective Maria Kallio is ready to return to work. But before assuming her new post as head of the Violent Crime Unit…
A fierce detective risks everything to unravel a tangle of secrets and corruption protecting a killer in this spellbinding seventh mystery in the tension-filled Maria Kallio series. When Petri Ilveskivi…
Previously published as Rivo satakieli by Tammi in Finland in 2005 –Copyright page.
Previously published as Veaearean jealjillea by Tammi in Finland in 2008 –Title page verso.
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…
When a woman’s body turns up in a lake-a bullet to the back of her head-Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from maternity leave, is fast to get…
Maria Kallio’s 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…