**"The Hummingbird is a remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world." --Michael Cunningham** **"Long considered one of Italy's leading writers, Sandro Veronesi has re-written the family saga. Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core, it has already been hailed a classic." --Jhumpa Lahiri
The Hummingbird
β Scribed by Hiekkapelto, Kati
- Book ID
- 108719411
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books Limited
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781909807754
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β¦ Synopsis
'An exceptionally promising debut' Seura Anna Fekete, who fled the Yugoslavian wars as a child, has a past. Just beginning her career as a criminal investigator in a northern Finnish coastal town, she is thrust into a high-profile, seemingly unsolvable case that has riveted the nation. It doesn't help that her middle-aged new partner, Esko, doesn't bother hiding his racist prejudices, and Anna becomes the target of a systematic campaign to unsettle her. A young woman has been killed on a running trail, and a pendant depicting an Aztec god has been found in her possession. Another murder soon follows. All signs point to a serial killer, but can Anna catch the Hummingbird before he β or she β strikes again? And at what personal cost? Dark, gritty and filled with contemporary themes, this is a chilling, unforgettable book that you will find impossible to put down. Or forget. 'Hiekkapelto knows how to get under people's skin' MTV3; 'If you're a fan of Swedish crime...
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