The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto
Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Anna Fekete, who fled the Yugoslavian wars as a child, has just started working as a criminal investigator in a northern Finnish coastal town, when she is thrust into a rolling murder investigation. It doesn't help that her new partner, Esko, doesn't bother hiding his racist prejudices. Anna's work as a criminal investigator barely gets off the ground before she is thrust into a case that has riveted the nation. 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 - or she - strikes again? Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
Kati Hiekkapelto was born in 1970 in Oulu, Finland. She wrote her first stories at the age of two and recorded them on cassette tapes. Kati has studied Fine Arts in Liminka Art School and Special Education at the University of Jyväskylä. Kati is an international crime writer, punk singer and performance artist. Her Anna Fekete series, including The Hummingbird, The Defenceless and The Exiled, have been translated into fifteen languages. The Hummingbird, The Defenceless and The Exiled were shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel, and The Defenceless won the prize for the best Finnish Crime Novel of the Year in 2014, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Glass Key Award. Kati currently lives in northern Finland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909807563 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909807567 |
| Title | The Hummingbird |
| Author | Kati Hiekkapelto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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