James  Thompson
The exceptional fourth thriller in the Edgarâ€“nominated Kari Vaara series., Kari Vaara is recovering from the physical and emotional toll of solving the Lisbet SÃ¶derlund case when heâ€™s approached with a plea: an Estonian woman begs him to find her daughter, Loviise, a young woman with Down syndrome who was promised work and a better life in Finland . . . and has since disappeared., One more missing girl is a drop in the barrel for a police department that is understaffed and overburdened, but for Kari, the case is personal: itâ€™s a chance for redemption, to help the victims his failed black-ops unit was intended to save, and to prove to his estranged wife, Kate, that heâ€™s still the man he once was. His search will lead him from the glittering world of Helsinkiâ€™s high-class clubs to the darkest circles of Finlandâ€™s underground trade in trafficked women . . . and straight into the path of Loviiseâ€™s captors, who may be some of the most untouchable people in the country.
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Helsinki Blood