Huolimattomat

Leila Korhonen, middle-aged and done with romance, has turned loneliness into a business: from a small office in Punavuori, Helsinki, she sells men an hour of being held and comforted, and draws the line at sex. One regular wanted more than the service included, and now Harri Boström is missing and Leila is in custody. Across the table sits Antero Mokka, a detective in his forties who lives for the job and has been alone for years. She refuses to explain what happened, yet session by session something passes between them that no statute covers, until he has to choose between his badge and his heart. A portrait of people starved of touch in an age that talks of nothing but sex.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

267 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland

First published

2006 by WSOY

Author's age

49 when first published

ISBN

9789510323021 (original)