The Very Pink Notebook is thrilled to be part of Antti Tuomainen's, The Mine, Finnish Invasion blog tour this week. With much thanks to Karen at Orenda Books for involving me in the tour and for a copy of the book.
Published by : Orenda Books
15 November 2016
Copy : Paperback - received from publisher as part of Blog Tour
The Blurb
A hitman. A journalist. A family torn apart. Can he uncover the truth before it’s too late?
In the dead of winter, investigative reporter Janne Vuori sets out to uncover the truth about a mining company, whose illegal activities have created an environmental disaster in a small town in Northern Finland. When the company’s executives begin to die in a string of mysterious accidents, and Janne’s personal life starts to unravel, past meets present in a catastrophic series of events that could cost him his life.
The Very Pink Notebook Review
Dark, emotive, complex and utterly brilliant, Antti Tuomainen's The Mine is crime mystery at it's best.
Set in the harsh winter months of Finland, Tuomainen's flawless and honed descriptions of places and environment literally had me shivering in my seat. With the main protagonist being a highly driven but flawed young male, I was thrilled when we discover that not only are we going on a journey with Janne on his quest for the truth about what is going on at The Mine, but also and equally as important, his personal one.
Janne wants to be the best journalist he can possibly be, that is the highly driven part of him, the flawed part lies with his other roles in life; husband and father. Also mixed up within the plot are his emotions about his own parents, particularly his father, who left when Janne was just a year old. Tuomainen has created very real and believable characters and I particularly devoured the dialogue between Janne and his wife, Pauliina.
The novel is complex and I can only assume that the author must have retired to bed with a confused and aching head on more than one occasion to thrash out just how he was going to carefully and plainly breakdown the threads of the plot to one easily digestible book. But achieve that he has and hat's off to him.
The pace is fast and not one chapter passes without a significant piece of detail coming to light, which I loved. Written in both first and third person narratives, I also liked that the perspective and investigation came from somewhere other than the police line. Janne isn't out to uncover the crime per se, but moreover the truth - but boy, a lot of crimes take place throughout the duration of the story.
This novel reminded me of Erin Brockovich, but with much more testosterone and bloodshed. A certain page turner until the very end.
The Mine receives a Very Pink Notebook rating of :
Set in the harsh winter months of Finland, Tuomainen's flawless and honed descriptions of places and environment literally had me shivering in my seat. With the main protagonist being a highly driven but flawed young male, I was thrilled when we discover that not only are we going on a journey with Janne on his quest for the truth about what is going on at The Mine, but also and equally as important, his personal one.
Janne wants to be the best journalist he can possibly be, that is the highly driven part of him, the flawed part lies with his other roles in life; husband and father. Also mixed up within the plot are his emotions about his own parents, particularly his father, who left when Janne was just a year old. Tuomainen has created very real and believable characters and I particularly devoured the dialogue between Janne and his wife, Pauliina.
The novel is complex and I can only assume that the author must have retired to bed with a confused and aching head on more than one occasion to thrash out just how he was going to carefully and plainly breakdown the threads of the plot to one easily digestible book. But achieve that he has and hat's off to him.
The pace is fast and not one chapter passes without a significant piece of detail coming to light, which I loved. Written in both first and third person narratives, I also liked that the perspective and investigation came from somewhere other than the police line. Janne isn't out to uncover the crime per se, but moreover the truth - but boy, a lot of crimes take place throughout the duration of the story.
This novel reminded me of Erin Brockovich, but with much more testosterone and bloodshed. A certain page turner until the very end.
The Mine receives a Very Pink Notebook rating of :
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