Harri Nykanen Books in Order

Hit man Raid accompanies aging criminal Nygren on a journey toward the Arctic Circle. Nygren settles old grievances and makes amends while police and former associates follow their trail. What begins as a personal reckoning leaves violence in its wake as others pursue suspected plans and money.

Helsinki detective Ariel Kafka investigates the deaths of two Arabs, followed by two more bodies at an Iraqi owned garage. An unofficial visit by an Israeli minister complicates the case, drawing in security services and Mossad while connections reach back into Kafka’s youth.

The murder of a Jewish businessman draws Helsinki detective Ariel Kafka into an investigation involving extremist violence, dubious loans, and tangled family relationships. A second death strikes closer to home as Finnish security officials and Israeli political interests complicate his pursuit of the killer.

A psychiatric patient’s body vanishes from the Helsinki morgue, reappears arranged with scriptural references, then disappears again before being burned in a forest. Detective Ariel Kafka follows the disturbing trail, seeking an explanation for rituals that conceal a larger web of wrongdoing.

A boy fleeing Bolivian drug traffickers reaches Raid’s northern Finnish farmhouse, drawing the hit man into conflict with a cartel. Meanwhile, Helsinki detective Jansson investigates two murders and stolen goods, trying to connect criminal schemes whose reach extends beyond the obvious suspects.