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    Lucifer's Tears
    Snow Angels
    Audiobook series2 titles

    Inspector Vaara Series

    Written by James Thompson

    Narrated by T. Ryder Smith

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    Vaara, Snow Angels, was called a "must for fans of the international crime novel" (Booklist). The follow-up finds Vaara dealing with personal demons and banishment to the graveyard shift in Helsinki's homicide unit. Thrust into the investigation of a World War II hero and the murder of a Russian businessman's wife, Vaara is about to find that the past has a deadly reach indeed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 17, 2010
    Lucifer's Tears
    Snow Angels

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Snow Angels
      Snow Angels

      Snow Angels

      James Thompson
      3/5 - 57 ratings
      3/5 - 57 ratings

      The first book of James Thompson's Inspector Vaara series won immediate critical acclaim for a sterling tale set in the brutal cold and soul-testing isolation of kaamos, Finland's two weeks of utter darkness. Even as the unrelenting winter conditions tighten their grip on the residents of the Lapland town, a lovely Somali movie star is found murdered, a racial slur cut into her chest. "Masterful."-Michael Connelly

      The first book of James Thompson's Inspector Vaara series won immediate critical acclaim for a sterling tale set in the brutal cold and soul-testing isolation of kaamos, Finland's two weeks of utter darkness. Even as the unrelenting winter conditions tighten their grip on the residents of the Lapland town, a lovely Somali movie star is found murdered, a racial slur cut into her chest. "Masterful."-Michael Connelly

    • 3

      Lucifer's Tears
      Lucifer's Tears

      Lucifer's Tears

      James Thompson
      4/5 - 18 ratings
      4/5 - 18 ratings

      Vaara, Snow Angels, was called a "must for fans of the international crime novel" (Booklist). The follow-up finds Vaara dealing with personal demons and banishment to the graveyard shift in Helsinki's homicide unit. Thrust into the investigation of a World War II hero and the murder of a Russian businessman's wife, Vaara is about to find that the past has a deadly reach indeed.

      Vaara, Snow Angels, was called a "must for fans of the international crime novel" (Booklist). The follow-up finds Vaara dealing with personal demons and banishment to the graveyard shift in Helsinki's homicide unit. Thrust into the investigation of a World War II hero and the murder of a Russian businessman's wife, Vaara is about to find that the past has a deadly reach indeed.

    Author

    James Thompson

    James Thompson, eastern Kentucky born and raised, has lived in Finland for the past dozen years. Before becoming a full-time writer, Thompson studied Finnish (in which he is fluent) and Swedish and worked as a bartender, bouncer, construction worker, photographer, rare-coin dealer, and solider.

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