Loukko by 
Original title: Kosto
Author: Kaisu Tuokko
Published: 2023
Publisher: Otava
Genre: Crime & Suspense
Pages: 298
Part of a series: The Kristinestad Murders
Reading material:
Full English translation,
Series presentation
The peace of the idyllic seaside town Kristinestad is broken in the first installment of an addictive new crime series. Bestselling series: over 30,000 copies sold!
✓ Swedish and German rights sold! Full English translation available!
✓ For fans of Viveca Sten’s The Sandhamn Murders, Camilla Läckberg, Mari Jungstedt and Åsa Larsson!
✓ A perfect mix of Nordic crime, love triangle drama, and the beautiful surroundings of the old coastal town of Kristinestad, Western Finland
✓ Bestseller – over 30,000 copies sold, nominated for BookBeat’s Newcomer Of The Year Award 2023!
The body of a young man is discovered in the sea, and the criminal investigator Mats Bergholm is responsible for the case. At the same time, journalist Eevi Manner is sent to dig out a scoop of the event for the local newspaper. Both are surprised to find each other on the grim beach: the two have a past together – a past which they now need to set aside to solve the case.
Eevi is contacted by a young woman, and it becomes clear that the death is just one link in a chain of events unfitting the picturesque town. The full picture becomes clearer and clearer, although the secrets of the locals are buried deep. Social media and recordings can offer help in solving the case, but the lies and muddy memories of the people involved cast doubts in every direction.
Perfect for fans of Viveca Sten and Camilla Läckberg, this opening of the new KRISTINESTAD MURDERS crime series follows in the footsteps of strong female crime authors, offering gripping crime plots and interpersonal drama.
“While I'm anxiously waiting for something to be written in the style of, or comparable to The Sandhamn Murders, the drama series based on Viveca Sten's books, so that Kristinestad will be put on the murder map, a novel by Kaisu Tuokko comes out. (…) There are rumors about interest for adapting Kaisu Tuokko's crime series into a TV series and after reading it, I understand why. This is not a Nordic noir of the cruelest kind, but it has flow, and cozy factors interleave with current themes such as social media, youth problems, drugs and crime related to gangs on the other side of the Gulf of Bothnia.”
– Gunnar Högnäs, Nya Argus newspaper
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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.), Förlaget (Finnish-Swedish)
FINLAND (Finnish-Swedish): Förlaget, SWEDEN: Förlaget
GERMANY: Aufbau Verlagsgruppe
