โ Scribed by Leena Lehtolainen
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Detective Maria Kallio investigates a doping scandal turned murder in award-winning author Leena Lehtolainens pulse-pounding thriller.
After surviving a terrifying assault during her last investigation, Maria Kallio traded in her badge for a comfortable desk job. But when the head of social affairs for the Finnish Athletics Federation is murderedthe victim of an apparent poisoningMaria is drawn back into a race against more than murder. A series of crimes has unfolded, and to Marias trained eyes, they look like the makings of a conspiracy.
As Maria follows the track to a doping scandal, a money-laundering scheme, domestic abuse, and explosive death threats leveled against a sports reporter, she collects the pieces of a baffling puzzle. Now,to run down the killer and save the next victim,all she has to do is make them fit.
So far only one thing is for certain: Maria Kallio is rediscovering the thrill of the chase.
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