Lucifer's Tears

Inspector Kari Vaara is languishing in the graveyard shift in Helsinki's homicide unit, a year after his last case left him with a scarred face, chronic insomnia and a full body count's worth of ghosts. Until he is drawn into the murder-by-torture case of Iisa Filippov, the philandering wife of a Russian businessman. Her lover is clearly being framed and while Ivan Filippov's arrogance is highly suspicious, he's got friends where it matters. Kari is sucked ever deeper and soon the past and present collide in ways no one could have anticipated . . .