Cruel is the night

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Karo Hämäläinen: Cruel is the night (2017, Soho Crime)

313 pages

English language

Published July 6, 2017 by Soho Crime.

ISBN:
978-1-61695-681-3
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OCLC Number:
953805559

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"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 …

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Four "friends" circle each other in this ironic and purportedly funny novel of bad manners told in four voices - an obnoxious wealthy man, a stiff-necked journalist, and the two women who orbit them. It has gotten some good reviews, but it didn't work for me.

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Subjects

  • Married people
  • Murder
  • Fiction