Loukko by 
Original title: Ennen lähtöä
Author: Leena Lehtolainen
Published: 2000
Publisher: Tammi
Genre: Crime & Suspense
Pages: 375
Part of a series: Maria Kallio series
Reading material:
Finnish edition
A battered man lies beside a bicycle path. Someone has beaten furniture designer and Green Party city councilor Petri Ilveskivi into an inch of his life. Ilveskivi, a familiar face in the media, known for his sharp tongue, has managed to run afoul of all sorts of people in his private and political lives. Is the assault a result of a personal grudge, or was this a random act of violence? Did the skinheads just get tired of Petri’s open homosexuality?
The Ilveskivi case turns out to be unusually complicated. Drugs, xenophobia, and municipal power politics are all thrown into the cauldron.
In her own life, Maria Kallio is forced to grapple with the question of another addition to her family. Even though everything seems to be going well at home, Maria is still forced to weigh the significance of police work to herself and her family. She also discovers that it isn’t only her own safety that is at risk . . .
Download reading materials
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
AUDIO: Word Audio
GERMANY: Rowohlt
TV RIGHTS: Jarowskij Finland
UNITED STATES: Amazon Publishing
