The Winter Job : The darkly funny, touching new thriller from the author of the Netflix hit LITTLE SIBERIA

A desperate father's Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger . A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometres an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.�'Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers' offering' Vaseem Khan`The king of the humorous crime caper'�Abir Mukherjee'It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven't been looking in Finland'�TelegraphThe NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from `The funniest writer in Europe' (The Times)�Fargo meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman . via the Coen Brothers____Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble.Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go - and no money - he's desperate.�A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisj�rvi, the northernmost town in Finland.�With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada. That's when Ilmari realises that he is transporting something truly special.�And that's when Ilmari realises he might be in serious trouble.A darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death - The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose.________Praise for Antti Tuomainen`Humour drier than a desert snake's belly'�Ian Moore`You don't expect to laugh when you're reading about terrible crimes, but that's what you'll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen's decidedly quirky thrillers'�New York Times�'Deftly plotted, poignant and perceptive in its wry reflections . and very funny'�Irish Times��`Laconic, thrilling and warmly human'�Christopher Brookmyre`Right up there with the best'�Times Literary Supplement���`Finland's greatest export'�M.J. Arlidge`A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known'�Publishers Weekly���`Fresh and witty'�Chris Ewan`Charming, funny and clever'�Literary Review�`Thrilling and hilarious'�Liz Nugent��`A delight from start to finish'�Big Issue���'Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters that you can't help rooting for'�Guardian