Book Synopsis:
Just one spreadsheet away from chaos…
What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal.
And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother – its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters … and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.
But what Henri really can’t compute is love. In the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect their debts and as Henri’s relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheets…
Warmly funny, rich with quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life.
The Rabbit Factor is published in ebook and hardback on the 28th October 2021. You can pre-order your copy using the links below.
My Review:
The Rabbit Factor is another fabulously entertaining, quirky read from one of my favourite authors. I’m always incredibly excited to read a new book from him as his books are always marvellously entertaining and his quirky storylines never fail to make me smile.
Henri was a great main character who I really enjoyed following throughout the book. He’s a very warm, likeable character who I quickly warmed to. I absolutely loved his relationship with Laura and it was lovely to watch it develop. I thought the author had created a lovely balance with the storyline with the darker moments being interspersed with some romantic scenes and some hilarious laugh out loud moments which I startled my husband with on a few occasions. I soon found the book hard to put down as I was so invested in the characters and had to keep reading to find out what on earth would happen next.
Overall, as you can probably tell, I loved this book which helped to lift my spirits in an emotional week. The author has a great way of describing the scene so that I felt like I was actually there watching everything unfold and the action seem quite realistic – even when it gets slight mad! The book had a great pace to it and even in the quieter moments I still really enjoyed the story as these moments helped me get to know the characters better. This book was recently commissioned to become a film and I’m seriously excited to see it on the big screen soon!
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Orenda for my copy of this book. Highly recommended by me!
About The Author:
Finnish Antti Tuomainen was an award-winning copywriter when he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. In 2013, the Finnish press crowned Tuomainen the ‘King of Helsinki Noir’ when Dark as My Heart was published. With a piercing and evocative style, Tuomainen was one of the first to challenge the Scandinavian crime genre formula, and his poignant, dark and hilarious The Man Who Died became an international bestseller, shortlisting for the Petrona and Last Laugh Awards. Palm Beach Finland was an immense success, with Marcel Berlins (The Times) calling Tuomainen ‘the funniest writer in Europe’. His latest thriller, Little Siberia, was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger, the Amazon Publishing/Capital Crime Awards and the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award, and won the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.
About The Translator:
David Hackston is a British Translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. Notable publications include The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy, Maria Peura’s coming-of-age novel At the Edge of Light, Johanna Sinisalo’s eco-thriller Birdbrain, two crime novels by Matti Joensuu and Kati Hiekkapelto’s Anna Fekete series (which currently includes The Hummingbird, The Defenceless and The Exiled, all published by Orenda Books). He also translates Antti Tuomainen’s stories. In 2007 he was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Translation. David is also a professional countertenor and a founding member of the English Vocal Consort of Helsinki. Follow David on Twitter @Countertenorist
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