Little Siberia - Antti Tuomainen
Antti Tuomainen isn't one to hold back or afraid that the reader might think he's taken things too far. Start out with a bang and keep it going. It may be set in a small village in the frozen East of Finland, but things heat up considerably in Little Sibera from a somewhat explosive and incredible opening. A former rally racing driver, banned now from racing after an accident killed his navigator, is on a 240kph drink-fuelled suicide run when a meteorite crashes to earth through his car. Well, that's one way start off a thriller. And start as you mean to go on. The meteorite becomes hot property, if I can put it that way, its rare minerals placing a value on it of 1 million euros. It's being kept in a nearby museum while they wait for a team from Helsinki to come and collect it. They're taking their time because it's already attracted some menacing Russians from over the border to Hurmevaara and there are quite a few people in the village who see the prize as t...