The Healer A Novel

by Tuomainen, Antti

• ISBN13: 9780805095548
• ISBN10: 0805095543
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-14
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Summary

One man's search for his missing wife in a dystopian futuristic Helsinki struggling with ruthless climate change It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings of 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 from her past. Secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating... The Healeris set in desperate times, forcing the protagonist to take desperate measures in order to find his true love. Written in an engrossingly dense but minimal language, The Healeris a story of survival, loyalty and determination. Even when the world is coming to an end, love and hope endure.

Author Biography

Antti Tuomainen (b. 1971) was an award-winning copywriter in the advertising industry before he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. The critically acclaimed Veljeni vartija (My Brother's Keeper) was published two years later. In 2011 Tuomainen's third novel, Parantaja (The Healer), was awarded the Clue Award for Best Finnish Crime Novel 2011 and is being translated into twenty-three languages. He lives in Helsinki, Finland.