To Steal Her Love

Description

A strange nocturnal visitor tiptoes through an apartment in Helenski. Nothing is stolen, nothing is destroyed. Numerous women wake to an unknown presence in their bedroom, but in the light of the morning it seems as if it was all a dream. At first the police take little notice, and the women begin to doubt their own sanity. But evidence accumulates and the net closes. Tipi, a skillful picker of locks, falls in love with one of his nighttime women. He shadows her, daring to approach her only secretly at night. Can Tipi maintain a life of crime and his true love?

Matti Joensuu is one of the Nordic countries' leading crime writers and also works as an investigator in the Helsinki Police Department. Priest of Evil was shortlisted for the 2006 Glass Key Award for Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. His works have been translated into thirteen languages.

Praise for Priest of Evil:'Priest of Evil centers on a fanatical priest who brainwashes teenagers into carrying bomb-filled backpacks. Joensuu, who believes the police officer's 'ringside seat' on society can lend prescience, says "the priest believes there is only one way to think. So do suicide bombers and superpowers"' - Maya Jaggi, Guardian'Joensuu plays on our suspicions of moral righteousness and religious fanaticism, along with current apprehensions regarding Tube travellers bearing backpacks. Plays along nicely' - Amanda Hopkinson, Independent'Matti Joensuu - a scholarly cop who might get along better with Morse than Rebus - has emerged from a long silence with a ninth novel about Inspector Harjunpaa. He's still an arson and explosives expert on the Helsinki force' - Boyd Tonkin, Independent