Death Spiral

Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short.Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that isnt going to stop her from putting everything she has into solving the murder. With a promotion on the line and her arrogant adversary, Pertti Strm, vying for the new job, Maria is determined to make an arrest. Could it be the deviant criminal whos lately been terrorizing the city? Is it the former lover of Nooras mother, who has been stalking the family since she rejected him? Or might the killer be someone even closer than that? With so much riding on Nooras successand so many people with motives to murderthe detective must sift through the long list of suspects before the case turns ice cold.Death Spiral, the fifth book in Lehtolainens international bestselling Nordic crime series, is a chilling tale of hot tempers, high stakes, and the untimely death of a rising star.