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Tony
Apr 22, 2012 rated it liked it
This Finnish police procedural has a lot in common with the glut of crime fiction that's been coming out of Scandinavia for the last decade or so. It features a somewhat frazzled middle-aged male protagonist, in this case, Detective Inspector Kafka with the Violent Crimes unit of the Helsinki police. He's supported by a team of cops who each have one distinguishing trait or interest (the most memorable one in this case is a detective who spends a lot of on-duty time coordinating his hobby of ral ...more
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