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The first book in Leena Lehtolainen’s international bestselling Nordic crime series starring Detective Maria Kallio, My First Murder serves up murder with a slice of life in the Finnish upper crust. Now it’s up to her to untangle the clues before the killer strikes again.The first book in Leena Lehtolainen’s international bestselling Nordic crime series starring Detective Maria Kallio, My First Murder serves up murder with a slice of life in the Finnish upper crust. Amazon Crossing, 14. Now it’s up to her to untangle the clues before the killer strikes again. My First Murder: A Maria Kallio Thriller. Buy My First Murder: 1 (Maria Kallio, 1) Unabridged by Lehtolainen, Leena, Witesman, Owen F. As Maria uncovers the victim’s unsavory secrets, motives for all seven suspects come to light. Lehtolainen was born in Vesanto, Northern Savonia. Sweet-faced but tough and hot-tempered, Maria faces pushback from her new squad – so when a young playboy is murdered at his family’s summer villa, the new detective is out to prove herself.įound floating facedown at the water’s edge after a night of partying, Tommi Pelatonen appears to have been murdered by one of his closest friends – but why? As Maria discovers, bitter passion and jealousy seethe under the placid surface of the group’s privileged, carefree lifestyle. Leena Katriina Lehtolainen is a Finnish crime novelist, best known for her series of novels about the policewoman Maria Kallio. Someone in the group wanted playboy Tommi Peltonen dead, but that’s one song these suspects refuse to sing. Twenty-three-year-old law student Maria Kallio is recruited for a temporary position at the Helsinki police department. After a student choir’s practice session at a Helsinki villa turns deadly, Detective Maria Kallio finds herself in the middle of the action - and her first murder case.

My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen