{"product_id":"the-burning-stones-9781916788329","title":"The Burning Stones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead ... in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from 'The funniest writer in Europe  (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The best comic crime novel you'll read this year  \u003cb\u003eAbir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive ... the novel's glorious gallery of weirdos  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Finnish author Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters ... [a] tense, pacy novel, laced with the author's trademark laconic humour  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven't been looking in Finland ... simultaneously thrilling and evocative of the mundanity of life, and also very funny indeed  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Antti Tuomainen's \u003ci\u003eLittle Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e is NOW a major NETFLIX movie**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ______ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove, murder, middle age, and a sauna to die for...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered ... in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen - top salesperson and the victim's successor at Steam Devil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren't enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all - before it's too late... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rabbit Factor\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a darkly funny, delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare - in middle age, suspected of murder and, of course, in a sauna... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e _____ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Showcases Antti's trademark deadpan humour and crime plots focused on intriguingly quirky individuals. An utter delight  \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Just what you want from Antti Tuomainen, the brilliant moulding of apparent mundanity into a which-way-now thrill ride, with humour drier than a desert snake's belly'\u003cb\u003e Ian Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The funniest writer in Europe  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Hilarious, beautifully penned and startlingly inventive. No other writer can come up with more ways to kill you in a sauna, and \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Stones \u003c\/i\u003ecements Tuomainen's position as the king of the humorous crime caper  \u003cb\u003eAbir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Laconic, thrilling and warmly human - hugely enjoyable  \u003cb\u003eChristopher Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Antti turns the heat up with this wryly comic thriller. You'll sweat along with the characters!  \u003cb\u003eDouglas Skelton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  You don't expect to laugh when you're reading about terrible crimes, but that's what you'll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen's decidedly quirky thrillers  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Finland's greatest export  \u003cb\u003eM.J. Arlidge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Right up there with the best  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Antti Tuomainen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Delightfully funny  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Fresh and witty  \u003cb\u003eChris Ewan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A thrilling and hilarious read  \u003cb\u003eLiz Nugent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Charming, funny and clever  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A delight from start to finish  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiassen  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Hackston is a British Translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. Notable publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, Maria Peura's coming-of-age novel \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Johanna Sinisalo's eco-thriller \u003ci\u003eBirdbrain\u003c\/i\u003e, two crime novels by Matti Joensuu and Kati Hiekkapelto's Anna Fekete series (which currently includes \u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Defenceless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Exiled\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Orenda Books). He also translates Antti Tuomainen's stories. In 2007 he was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Translation. \u003c\/p\u003e In 2011, Tuomainen's third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Healer\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Clue Award for Best Finnish Crime Novel and was shortlisted for the Glass Key Award. In 2013, the Finnish press crowned Tuomainen the ' King of Helsinki Noir' when Dark as My Heart was published. With a piercing and evocative style, Tuomainen was one of the first to challenge the Scandinavian crime-genre formula, and his poignant, dark and hilarious \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Died\u003c\/i\u003e became an international bestseller, shortlisting for the Petrona and Last Laugh Awards. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243872551186,"sku":"9781916788329","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37e8a386-884c-420e-9909-3d582af01789.jpg?v=1764755237","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-burning-stones-9781916788329","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}