The Healer, Antti Tuomainen
The Healer, Antti Tuomainen
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The Healer

Author: Antti Tuomainen, Lola Rogers

Narrator: Simon Shepherd

Unabridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2013


Synopsis

It's two days before Christmas, and Helsinki is battling ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are burning in the streets. People are fleeing to the far north where conditions are still tolerable. Social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still willing to live in the city. When Tapani's wife, Johanna, a journalist, goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna's disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a serial killer known as "The Healer". Determined to find Johanna, Tapani's search leads him to uncover secrets from her past—secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating.Atmospheric and moving, The Healer is a story of survival, loyalty and determination. Even when the world is coming to an end, love and hope endure.

About Antti Tuomainen

Antti Tuomainen was an award-winning copywriter in the advertising industry before he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. The critically acclaimed Veljeni vartija (My Brother’s Keeper) was published two years later. In 2011 Tuomainen’s third novel, Parantaja (The Healer), was awarded the Clue Award for Best Finnish Crime Novel and is being translated into twenty-three languages. He lives in Helsinki, Finland. 

About Lola Rogers

SOFI OKSANEN is a Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright. She has received numerous prizes for her work, including the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, the Prix Femina, the Budapest Grand Prize, the European Book Prize, and the Nordic Council Literature Prize. She lives in Helsinki. Translated from the Finnish by Lola Rogers.

About Simon Shepherd

Simon Shepherd is a British actor known for his roles in Henry V, Peak Practice, Wuthering Heights, and A Touch of Frost, among others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beatriz

Hay un aspecto en este libro que permite que no se transforme en uno más del montón: la ambientación. Nos encontramos en una Europa completamente devastada por los efectos del cambio climático; lluvias torrenciales que se extienden por meses, inundaciones, ciudades que progresivamente van siendo aba......more

Goodreads review by Tara

What makes the dystopian future described by Finnish author Antti Tuomainen so disturbing is that it so closely resembles parts of the world we live in today. He’s made the canny decision to dispense with futuristic tech and all the other trappings we’ve come to associate with the post-apocalypse: M......more

Goodreads review by Sarah ~

The Healer - Antti Tuomainen يسير الشاعر في شوارع مدينته الغارقة في الوحل والفوضى والعنف، العالم قد تغير وبات التغير المناخي واقعًا لا يمكن إصلاحه أو تغييره. يبحث الشاعر عن زوجته الصحفيّة المفقودة ويغوص في لغز جرائم كانت تبحث عن حل لها. يفتح ملفات قديمة ويغوص في أسرارٍ ظلت مخفيّة زمنًا طويلًا ويفقد ص......more