The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and
crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the
King of Helsinki Noir.
A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy
roads of Hurmevaara in Finland when there is flash in the sky and
something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a
highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the
locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood
museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel.
But Joel has a lot more on his mind than simply protecting the riches
that have apparently rained down from heaven. His wife has just revealed
that she is pregnant. Unfortunately Joel has strong reason to think the
baby isn't his. As Joel tries to fend off repeated and bungled attempts
to steal the meteorite, he must also come to terms with his own
situation and discover who the father of the baby really is.
Transporting the listener to the culture, landscape and mores of
northern Finland, Little Siberia is both a crime novel and a
hilarious, blacker-than-black comedy about faith and disbelief, love and
death, and what to do when bolts from the blue - both literal and
figurative - turn your life upside down.
