I want to start out by mentioning that the translations in this are a bit rough. That being said there is no mention of an actual translator which leads me to believe the author did their own translating if that is the case I'd give this five stars on that alone because this was a fantastic book. And on that note who may be reading this that is Finnish or reads/speaks Finnish I apologize in advance if screw up the spelling of any of the characters' names.
Sanna Blinck walks into work one day to find the body of their part-time cleaner sprawled in a back door. It's clear to her that this is a murder and she informs her co-workers. As the police arrive she's more than a little shocked to see her "dream man" Juho Seppa, is one of the detectives. Several years earlier Sanna and her husband had been in a devastating accident, killing her husband and leaving Sanna a young widow, Juho had been the investigating officer but since no one but Sanna had met him and she had forgotten everything else from her hospital stay her friends and family just assumed she'd dreamed him up. Sanna is initially annoyed by Juho and his partner though, they seem to take nothing she says seriously and even treat her as a suspect. But Sanna isn't going to take that lying down, she starts her own investigation into her co-worker's murder that puts her right in the murderer's crosshairs.
As I said once you get passed some of the rougher translations this is a perfect murder mystery with a side of romance. Sanna's independent streak paired with her vulnerability makes her on par with JD Robb's Eve Dallas as far as I'm concerned. Juho is great as well. He admits that he's overlooked several lines of inquiry that he provided shouldn't have and he realizes that Sanna could be more helpful than he'd initially thought thanks to her no-nonsense attitude. And he's incredibly sweet and thoughtful.
The pacing on this was spot on for a mystery of this length I never found myself bored and when they wrapped everything up I facepalmed a couple of times because there were clues that I had clearly overlooked.
Overall I'm genuinely hoping this will be a series, personally, I think that Sanna and Juho could give Eve and Rourke a run for their money.
As always I'd like to thank Netgalley and The Book Guild for the free eArc!
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