Author Harri Nykanen has written a intriguing mystery of dirty secrets uncovered as the reader is taken through twists, turns and misdirection along with Lieutenant Ariel Kafka of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit. This is the third case that Ariel Kafka is solving in this series, but you don’t need to have read the first two to enjoy reading about the strange goings as the Lieutenant try’s to uncover a murder.
Reijo“Reka” Lauren is being investigated after a dead woman is found in his apartment. The woman its turns out that Roosa Nevala is found with a biblical verse scratched into her skin on Lauren’s apartment floor. But when the coroner, Dr Esko Vuorio tells Kafka that he has seen this body before the confusion begins. Vuorio says, “For the first time in my career, the same person has been killed twice..or to be exact, not killed, but killed herself twice...”. He explains further, “Thsi woman was found dead in her apartment yesterday. Had downed a vial of sedatives I went to the scene myself.”
Kafka is one of two Jewish police working in all of Helsinki. He is a dedicated policeman always easy-going, with a wry sense of humor, assuming the best in people. When his partner uses some anti-Semitic slurs he tries to overlook them, but it is hard to forget.
As the investigation proceeds the biblical clues lead Kafka to the Christian Brotherhood of the Sacred Vault, a group students at Daybreak School created years before. The intricate plot uncovers many secrets from the Sacred Vault which seem to have far reaching consequences, as other members start turning up dead.
After you read this mystery, you may even want to go back and read more about Lt. Ariel Kafka in Behind God’s Back and Nights of Awe.
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