Icy Wind of Suomi

A stylish series by the fashionable author of retro-detectives Nikolai Svechin. The book will be a gift for all admirers of the thriller genre! Nikolai Svechin is one of the most renowned authors of historical detectives, a nominee for the "Russian Detective" award and a leader in his niche. Svechin's most famous series is the one featuring the investigations of Alexey Lykov. It includes more than 20 novels and collections, each with a separate story of crimes but recognizable characters. The effect of a thriller series. It's no surprise that Rauatapya, a cashier from a major bank and a native of Finland, took advantage of such a convenient opportunity. The Finnish border is just a stone's throw away. There, in the windswept Helsinki, the Russian police are powerless. Local law enforcers are in charge, and the orders of the imperial authorities mean nothing to them. Using forged documents, Mr. Rauatapya stole almost three hundred thousand rubles and vanished... One of the days in August 1913, State Councilor Lykov heads to the cold and rainy Finnish capital. The order is to find, capture, and return the thief along with the money. But the search for the criminal quickly hit a dead end. The cashier was found murdered, and the money he stole disappeared without a trace. One small and almost hopeless clue remained: a strange note lay beside the body, which shattered all of Lykov's previous theories and turned the case from criminal to political...