***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award*** ***Book of the Year in The Times*** Things don’t go entirely to plan when undercover ace detective Jan Nyman is sent to the ‘hottest beach in Finland’ to investigate a suspicious death.  Fargo  meets  Baywatch  in a mesmerising, poignant dark-comedy thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir ‘A roller-coaster read and extraordinarily poignant’  Guardian ‘Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe’  Marcel Berlins,  The Times ‘Right up there with the best’  TLS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sex, lies and ill-fitting swimwear … Sun Protection Factor 100 Jan Nyman, the ace detective of the covert operations unit of the National Central Police, is sent to a sleepy seaside town to investigate a mysterious death. Nyman arrives in the town dominated by a bizarre holiday village – the ‘hottest beach in Finland’. The suspect: Olivia Koski, who has only recently returned to her old hometown. The mission: find out what happened, by any means necessary. With a nod to  Fargo , and dark noir,  Palm Beach Finland  is both a page-turning thriller and a black comedy about lust for money, fleeing dreams and people struggling at turning points in their lives – chasing their fantasies regardless of reason. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ‘Inspired meld of crime and dark comedy … Colourful characters and awkward situations, as when Nyman becomes a person of interest to the locals, enhance the zany plot. Tim Dorsey fans will have fun’  Publishers Weekly ‘A sort of  Fargo  in Finland, if you can imagine such a thing’  Crime Reads ‘Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel set in a bizarre Florida-style beach resort on Finland’s chilly shore. There are comically inept dim-crims, inventive psychos, a hot babe and even a blow-up pink flamingo — which is a lot for ace detective Jan Nyman to deal with when he arrives, undercover, to investigate a mysterious death’  Sunday Times ‘Tuomainen’s crime comedy is frequently compared to  Fargo -era Coen Brothers, but Florida’s Carl Hiaasen is likely a strong influence too … A full-blooded, off-kilter caper-gone-wrong that also serves as an acerbic commentary on the crime genre’  Irish Times ’A tightly paced Scandinavian thriller with a wicked sense of humour’  Foreword Reviews ‘Like  Fargo  before it, unfortunate events take place and people get in over their heads … The off kilter, black comedy tone is perfect for such a far-fetched story, guaranteeing plenty of spontaneous bouts of laughter’  CultureFly ‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry with laughter, what is there not to like? Welcome to a classic new holiday resort!’  Crime Time ‘A quirky, smirky, entertaining slice of fabulous … A wonderful wave of dark humour rolls through this novel gathering raised eyebrows and snorts’   LoveReading ‘Antti Tuomainen always steps into the new with each novel and  Palm Beach Finland , in this assured translation by David Hackston, takes a Finnish slice from the comic, crazy, greedy, crime world of the likes of  Get Shorty  or  Fargo . Where will Tuomainen’s imagination take us next? I don’t know but before that – read this one. Absolutely recommended’  EuroCrime ‘Tuomainen is one of those authors whose books are an automatic must-read, so pick up or download a copy as soon as you can’  Crime Fiction Lover