{"product_id":"burning-stones-1","title":"Burning Stones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA top saleswoman at a Finnish sauna company must outwit the police and a murderer when her boss is found dead … in a sauna. A darkly funny, tense new thriller from ‘The funniest writer in Europe’ (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘The best comic crime novel you’ll read this year’ \u003cb\u003eAbir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Suspense is uppermost in this adroit mix of psychological thriller, whodunnit and middle-aged rom-com. Comedy is still pervasive … the novel’s glorious gallery of weirdos'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Finnish author Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters … [a] tense, pacy novel, laced with the author’s trademark laconic humour'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Month \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland … simultaneously thrilling and evocative of the mundanity of life, and also very funny indeed'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e______ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove, murder, middle age, and a sauna to die for…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered … in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen – top salesperson and the victim’s successor at Steam Devil.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd as if hitting middle-age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren’t enough, Anni realizes that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all – before it’s too late…\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the international bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle Siberia \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rabbit Factor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, comes a darkly funny, delightfully tense new thriller that showcases humanity at its most bare – in middle age, suspected of murder and, of course, in a sauna…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘‘Showcases Antti’s trademark deadpan humour and crime plots focused on intriguingly quirky individuals. An utter delight’ \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Just what you want from Antti Tuomainen, the brilliant moulding of apparent mundanity into a which-way-now thrill ride, with humour drier than a desert snake’s belly’ \u003cb\u003eIan Moore\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The funniest writer in Europe’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Hilarious, beautifully penned and startlingly inventive. No other writer can come up with more ways to kill you in a sauna, and \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Stones\u003c\/i\u003e cements Tuomainen’s position as the king of the humorous crime caper’ \u003cb\u003eAbir Mukherjee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Laconic, thrilling and warmly human – hugely enjoyable’ \u003cb\u003eChristopher Brookmyre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Antti turns the heat up with this wryly comic thriller. You''ll sweat along with the characters!’ \u003cb\u003eDouglas Skelton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Finland''s greatest export’ \u003cb\u003eM.J. Arlidge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Right up there with the best’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Antti Tuomainen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Delightfully funny’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections on mortality and very funny'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003eFresh and witty’ \u003cb\u003eChris Ewan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘A thrilling and hilarious read’ \u003cb\u003eLiz Nugent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Charming, funny and clever’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘A delight from start to finish’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''Original and brilliant story-telling'' \u003cb\u003eHelen FitzGerald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiassen’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57399296295294,"sku":"NW9781916788435","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781916788435.jpg?v=1778622876","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/burning-stones-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}