Ariel Kafka is a detective in Finland. He has just been assigned a case
where two bodies have been found near a railway bridge. One has been
shot several times and the other is an apparent suicide. Both are
foreigners. It doesn't take long for the security police to become
involved.
Kafka's investigation leads him to an auto body shop,
where two more bodies are found in the paint booth, both from Iraq. The
investigative team wonder if there is a terrorist connection.
The
next morning a burned out car is found with a body in it. It would
appear that the car is the one connected to the four other deaths. As
the investigation continues, evidence points to an attack on the local
Jewish synagogue. Then another body is found. This one has an Israeli
passport on it.
As the investigation continues evidence is found
of a planned attack on the synagogue just when the Israeli foreign
minister is to visit it. Terrorists, the Mossad and criminal elements
make this into a very good thriller. This is the first book I have read
by Finnish author Harri Nykanen, and I was very impressed. I look
forward to reading more.
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