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Deep as Death
Deep as Death | Katja Ivar
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Hella Mauzer was the first-ever woman Inspector in the Helsinki Homicide Unit. But she’s been fired despite solving her first murder case. This is Helsinki, March 1953. An unusually long and cold winter, everywhere frozen sea, ice-covered lakes and rivers. In a port city flooded with refugees, who cares if a young woman goes missing? An up-and-coming inspector who views this as an opportunity to advance his career. A heartbroken PI with a score to settle. They have yet to discover one thing: the most dangerous lies are those we tell ourselves. It all begins when Nellie, a prostitute working in a high-end brothel is found floating upside down in Helsinki Harbor. Not exactly a high priority case for the Helsinki police, so homicide chief Jokela passes the job to his former colleague Hella. It’s beginning to look like a serial killer is at work when Elena, another lady of the night, narrowly escapes being driven into the harbor by her 19-year-old john. Problem was he had handcuffed her in the car. And to add further excitement to Hella’s life, the madam is soon found dead in the garden outside the brothel. What begins like a taut whodunit turns into something more tantalizing and psychological as Hella investigates different suspects, including Steve, the US DJ and love of her life, reluctant to leave his wife for Hella, and the fascinating Inspector Mustonen, charismatic, ambitious and trying desperately to live up to the standards of his high maintenance wife. There are dark powers at play, as well as lighter passages, particularly those involving Anita, voluptuous but savvy, freshly arrived from Lapland to join the Helsinki police force, a most unwanted roommate for Hella. Sadly she too ends up in deep trouble, in a satisfying denouement of twists and turns.
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charl08
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My father always said Helsinki was a city of lost souls. A place for ever caught between East and West, the onion-shaped domes and the neoclassical facades. A paler copy of St Petersburg, now revolution ary Leningrad. A city whose golden age had been before the First World War. A city scarred by shrapnel and painted in pastel colours.

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Jeg
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A quick read for my last read of the year. Set in one of my favourite places Finland. Took me a while to get used to the style. Written in 1st person but with two main characters talking. Short chapters and I had to remember to check who was talking . Interesting.
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Lel2403
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Deep As Death has great characters and a clever, twisty plot. It‘s a dark and chilling murder mystery with a real sense of atmosphere, you can almost feel the chill of a cold winter co ing off the page. I‘ll certainly be looking for more by Katja Ivar.

https://orlando-books.blog/2020/06/30/deep-as-death-by-katja-ivar-book-review/

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