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The mutilated body of a man wearing only a bridal veil is discovered in a backyard swing in the coastal city of Turku; a woman lay dead inside the house. When the murders go unsolved, private eye Jussi Vares is hired to look into this "Swinging Bride" case. The gig takes Vares, a wisecracking, tough-on-the-outside PI, and his colorful group of friends deep inside the Turku underworld run by an intimidating and elusive "Sheriff," where Vares meets a mysterious woman on a motorcycle.The show more Sheriff, Finland's 2012 Crime Novel of the Year, is filled with humor, suspense, insights into Finnish culture, and a nod to America's Wild West. show lessTags
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A Finish private investigator mystery, first in a long series to be translated into English. Our hero wants to find out why a policeman and his ex-girlfriend were murdered, a crime that holds a strange interest for the local organized crime gang. There is more than a touch of the American PI in the affable hero, who has a retro tendency to drink too much, sleep around, and crack wise, but the plot is quite involved and gives readers a tour of the port city of Turku and nearby islands.
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- Canonical title*
- Šerif
- Original title
- Sheriffi
- Important places*
- Turku
- Related movies*
- Vares - sheriffi (2015 | IMDb)
- Original language*
- soome
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- Fiction and Literature, Mystery
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- Languages
- English, Estonian, Finnish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 7
