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02817aam a2200469 a 4500 001 1C2580C2187811E4A192B980DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 111215s2012 nyu 000 f eng 020 $a 0425253449 020 $a 9780425253441 035 $a (OCoLC)738336382 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d LJW $d ABG $d SHM $d IUK $d VP@ $d BWX $d WIQ $d ZCU $d OIB $d SILO 043 $a e-fi--- 050 00 $a PS3620.H675 $b H45 2012 100 1 $a Thompson, James, $d 1964- 245 10 $a Helsinki white $c James Thompson. 250 $a pbk. 260 $a New York : $b G. P. Putnam's Sons, $c c2012. 300 $a 355 p. $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a An Inspector Vaara novel. 520 $a Two days after their daughter is born, Kari Vaara drops a bombshell on his American wife, Kate: He has a brain tumor . . . and he's been handpicked to run a rogue black-ops unit, using crime to fight crime. After recovering from surgery, he gets to work. The black-ops unit is small, and reports directly to Finland's national chief of police. They have secrecy, autonomy, and the cash to buy all the high-tech gear. Soon the unit is cleaning house, robbing Helsinki's mobsters blind of their cash, dope, and illegal firearms. But Kari's team is too good, and their actions have unintended consequences. . . .Meanhile, Finland roils with hatred as its most extreme right political party gains popularity despite having no agenda besides xenophobia. When the country's leading immigrants' rights advocate is assassinated and her head sent by mail to the Finnish Somalia Network, the president assigns Kari to the murder. Cracking this case will involve the unsolved kidnapping of a billionaire's children, a Faustian bargain with a former French legionnaire--and Kate. 650 0 $a Police $z Finland $v Fiction 650 0 $a Homicide investigation $v Fiction 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction 650 0 $a Finnish Americans $v Fiction 650 0 $a Brain $x Patients $x Patients $v Fiction 651 0 $a Helsinki (Finland) $v Fiction 800 1 $a Thompson, James, $d 1964- $t Inspector Vaara novel. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1213/2011047679-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1213/2011047679-d.html 941 $a 9 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909024752.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722032449.0 952 $l BWPD851 $d 20210714020024.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829011940.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006063219.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418085321.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202061613.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20150506015543.0 952 $l JLPF081 $d 20150213095249.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1C2580C2187811E4A192B980DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search