The Healer

One man’s search for his missing wife in a dystopian futuristic Helsinki that is struggling with ruthless climate change It’s two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings about malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway where conditions are still tolerable. Social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still able and willing to live in the city. When Tapani’s beloved wife, Johanna, a newspaper journalist, goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna’s disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a politically motivated serial killer known as “The Healer.” Desperate to find Johanna, Tapani’s search leads him to uncover secrets...

Author: Tuomainen Antti
ISBN: 9780805095548
Year of publication: 2013
Translator: Rogers Lola
Genre: Detective fiction, Thriller
Number of pages: 170
Reading time: 2 h. 50 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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