Cruel is the night
By: Karo Hämäläinen ; translated by Owen Witesman
Contributors: Witesman, Owen, translator
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781616956813
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Married people; Murder; Fiction
Work titles: Ilta on Julma
Description: "Inspired by puzzle-mystery great Agatha Christie, prizewinning Finnish author Karo Hamalainen (The Buyout) presents us with a comedy of murderous intentions Three cell phones ring in an opulent London suite. The calls go unanswered, because their recipients are dead. Earlier that night, four old friends and lovers meet for a reunion dinner. It's been ten years since the host, Robert, who made millions by way of unethical (but not illegal) interest rate manipulation, has seen Mikko, an investigative journalist feared by corrupt financiers and politicians. Mikko's wife, Veera--with whom Robert once had a secret affair--and Robert's young trophy wife, Elise, are also joining the fray. Mikko thinks he's about to get away with murder, but he has no idea what's on the menu for the night: not only does every diner have a bone to pick with another, but there's an arsenal of deadly weapons hiding in plain sight. And by the end of the night, there will only be one"--
Notes: Translated from the Finnish.