The Winter Job and Black as Death: Antti Tuomainen and Lilja Sigurdardottir with Neil McKay

Historical Fiction, Scottish Interest, Fantasy & Horror

Writer and journalist Neil Mackay chairs a discussion between two Nordic crime novelists, each with a twisty tale to tell.

Prize-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen follows up Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor with his darkly funny, up Little Siberia and The Rabbit Factor with his darkly funny, touching new thriller, The Winter Job. Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose.

Meanwhile, prolific Icelandic writer Lilja Sigurdardottir delivers the fifth and final volume of her Áróra Investigation series, Black as Death. When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Áróra’s sister is found dead, and Áróra’s new financial investigation leads to the street where her sister was last seen, she’s drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything.