Antti Tuomainen - The Man Who Died

PRAISE FOR ANTTI TUOMAINEN

Antti Tuomainens The Mine, set in snowy winter darkness in northern Finland and amid a miasma of murky state corruption is right up there with the best offering a sympathetic, politically engaged investigative journalist and a profound concern for the environment The Times Literary Supplement

Tuomainens spare style suits the depressing subject and raises a serious question: how do you find hope when law and order break down? Financial Times

Antti Tuomainen is a wonderful writer, whose characters, plots and atmosphere are masterfully drawn Yrsa Sigurardttir

Tersely written, full of twists and sudden violence, this is nothing less than the birth of a new genre: dystopian detection Sunday Telegraph

This chilling novel compels Clever, atmospheric and wonderfully imaginative Sunday Mirror

Dark As My Heart, the most lauded Finnish crime novel of recent years, lives up to its acclaim The Times

Its sparse prose style suits the dark, treacherous, rain-soaked environment of this dystopian vision of Helsinki Glasgow Sunday Herald

Antti Tuomainen again creates a powerful book, set firmly within the boundaries of strong themes and unforgettable characters, with a huge dose of beautiful sensitive style, masterfully translated from Finnish by David Hackston The King of Helsinki Noir is a writer of life. I cannot wait to see his atmospheric work appearing on screen Crime Review

As I read I felt a storm gathering, a force, a reckoning started to hurtle towards me, and in the middle of this the importance of family sits centre stage. The violence is prominent, yet there is a subtle, thought-provoking energy that twists through this tale, and ensures that The Mine is an absolutely cracking read Love Reading

The Mine is another beautifully written and absorbing read from the Orenda books stable it is not a long read but it is an extremely compelling one I adored the sense of place that Antti Tuomainen brings to this book, descriptively speaking it is intense and gorgeous, one of those stories that absorbs you into its vortex for the time you spend reading it Liz Loves Books

This was a truly beautiful book deliciously dark, thoughtprovoking, and gorgeously written. It gave me chills, and not only because of the endless snow and cold. I see why Antti is so revered in Finland Louise Beech, author of How To Be Brave

The Mine is a gripping and traumatic environmental thriller about how far people will go in order to hide the truth. The book is well written and it has been translated by David Hackston, so that none of the beauty and elegance of Tuomainens prose is lost to the reader. The Mine is a thriller that shows off the best of Finnish noir and raises the question of why has it been hidden from the English reader for so long. Im extremely thankful to Orenda Books for bringing Antti Tuomainen to my attention and I can guarantee this is a book you cannot put down Nudge-Book Reviews

I can highly recommend this fast-paced thriller with its sparse yet highly descriptive language. It works as an emotional thriller too as the reader is unsure of how Jannes actions will affect his delicate family situation Shazs Book Blog

An excellent thriller with all the hallmarks of Scandi Noir, gripping, elegant and looks to the bigger issues that play an important role in society in this case the environmental disasters surrounding the mine and the corruption in covering it up The Quiet Knitter

Topical. Frightening. Beautifully written, with a fast-moving story, which makes it almost impossible to put down. Plus its a standalone, so you havent missed anything up until now. This is another absolute belter from Orenda, but, really, you wouldnt expect anything less by now, would you? Crime Worm

Antti Tuomainen begins The Mine with an intriguing and enticing prologue. The reader doesnt know who the character is, but these couple of pages are written with such care and clarity that you are captured straight away and then left wondering The Mine is an excellent thriller that deals with extremely topical issues. The setting is perfect and the translation is so well done. Oh, and that ending Random Things through My Letter Box

The writing is utterly compelling I read this book in a sitting. I shivered at the bleakness and cold of a wintery Finland. The layers of Jannes character his need to write, his desire not to let his family down, his demand for validation and support despite offering little in return made for thought-provoking reading. It was hard not to sympathise with all concerned. The denouement tied up each plot thread whilst skillfully maintaining the bones of all that had gone before. Questionable decisions were made but they fit perfectly the characters and story. In many ways this is a straightforward crime thriller but the execution achieves so much more. It provides a dark and altogether satisfying read Never Imitate

Antti Tuomainens skillful storytelling is as sharp as an ice pick, and I cannot wait to read more from him If you like your thrillers to be peppered with a little bit of conspiracy and action, then The Mine is most certainly one to pick up! Bibliophile Book Club

Part crime story, part conspiracy, with a dash of mystery thrown in for good measure. Its a splendid concoction of beautifully evocative locations and compelling characters Definitely a pageturner thatll keep you up into the wee small hours Espresso Coco

The pacing and style are brilliantly effective; calmly drawing you in until you realise youre practically up to your knees in Finnish snow and up to your neck in a complex mystery and theres no way youre gonna want to leave this story even after the last page is turned Mumbling About

The Mine is an emotionally charged, thought-provoking Finnish environmental thriller. Its stunningly written and translated seamlessly no word is out of the place and the descriptions provide an amazing sense of the chilling frozen setting. I was totally gripped throughout and struggled to put the book down This is a stunning book yet another winner from Orenda. The Mine is a book that will stay with me for a long while Off-The-Shelf Books

The authors beautiful writing is one of the reasons I loved this book as much as I did because it played out like a movie in my mind and I could really buy into what was happening in the story because of that. The entire book had me gripped from start to finish and did not disappoint come the end Reviewed The Book

I could just picture the snow and hear the silence due to the fact no one was around. It was extremely atmospheric. More important, current topics are covered in this book as it touches on environmental activists and the damage that we as humans are doing to the world. It was very cleverly done and showed different ways that people go about raising awareness. Overall a great book and another one I have already been recommending Life of a Nerdish Mum

The book is really well written and the author painted such a vivid picture of Finland that I could imagine I was there. In fact, all the descriptions of the snow made me dig out my fleecy blanket and thermal socks as I really began to feel that cold 4* out of 5* Ginger Book Geek

For Anu,
With love, once again

The author has taken considerable artistic licence with regard to geographical, medical, temporal and natural scientific details. In all other respects this story is factually correct.

He was some kind of a man.
What does it matter what you say about people?

Marlene Dietrich, Touch of Evil