The Winter of the Lions
"The way the crimes are solved is intriguing, if unorthodox, as is Joentaa's relationship with a mysterious prostitute who follows him home from the police station." --Laura Wilson,Guardian"Excellent... this may be down to good translation, but Wagner's terse style is as crispy delineated as the figures he describes in the blank Finnish landscape. Snow-noir of the highest order." --Financial Times"With its neatly drawn Finnish settings this tale is unshowy but very good." --Mail on Sunday