Antti Tuomainen

Derniers mètres jusqu’au cimetière

The Man Who Died

February 7, 2019
Thriller
312 pages
140 × 210 mm
19,90 €
9782265117945
978-2-2651-1794-5
Translated from Finnish by Alexandre André
																Antti Tuomainen, Derniers mètres jusqu’au cimetière
																Antti Tuomainen, Derniers mètres jusqu’au cimetière

A black comedy with a dark tinge of humour.

At 37, Jaako has everything to be happy. Until one day, during a simple medical check-up, he learns that he will soon die, because someone has been poisoning him for a long time. While this announcement would have been enough to make this day the worst day of his life, he is not at the end of his surprises. On his way home, he discovers his wife on the deckchair in the garden cheating on him with the delivery man from their company. Enough is enough! Jaako decides to use the last days he has left to investigate his poisoning himself. And many people have a motive to kill the happy owner of a particularly profitable company specializing in the cultivation of a mushroom: The Matsutake. A particular species that grows in Finland and which the Japanese are so fond of that they buy it at unreasonable prices! The path to the truth will be strewn with dead people, but that doesn’t stop Jaako from keeping the most important thing in mind: it is especially in the last few metres to the cemetery that you should make the most of every moment.

The author

Antti Tuomainen (b. 1971) is one of Finland’s most acclaimed and award-winning crime fiction writers. To date, Tuomainen’s works have been translated into more than 25 languages. Crowned “The King of Helsinki Noir” Tuomainen’s piercing and evocative style has never stopped evolving.

Bibliography

Palm Beach Finland (2019)

February 7, 2019
Thriller
312 pages
140 × 210 mm
19,90 €
9782265117945
978-2-2651-1794-5
Translated from Finnish by Alexandre André