One day, architect Iiris Kivelä receives a strange message from her tenant Alessia, who lives in Eastern Finland. Alessia wants to change the locks on the front door of her apartment. Before Iiris has time to check on the matter, Alessia disappears. Alessia's sister Liliana gets worried and flies to Eastern Finland to investigate the disappearance. Iiris decides to help in the search, even though returning to the landscapes of her childhood brings up old traumas.
The traces of the missing Alessia take the reader back decades, to the dark years of 1990s recession in Finland.
ISBN 978-918-0514-58-3 (Printed book)
ISBN 978-918-0514-84-2 (Audio book)
ISBN 978-918-0514-85-9 (E-book )
"Some things are better when forgotten. And that last thing will get buried with him."
A crime takes place on a farm house, but the guilty one is never caught. The house is sold and as time passes, the crime is forgotten. 20 years later, the abandoned farm house suddenly comes to an auction, and raises a question, whether the old house should be bought back to the family. Will the hidden secrets be revealed before the auction ends? What actually happened in the summer 1947?
ISBN 978-952-7344-14-9 (Printed book)
ISBN 978-952-7202-42-5 (Audio book)
ISBN 978-952-7202-44-9 (E-book)
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As a kid, Anna wanted to become an author, but it took a while until she published her first book. She read stories to her children, and invented new fairy tales. The writing process of her dissertation on field of technology inspired her to study more about fictive writing. Her first fiction book, Mustan Kiven varjo, was published on 2019.
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Anna studied mathematics as major in the university, and still after years, rejoices when she encounters a complex yet logical problem to be solved. In her day job on IT sector she sees the possibilities of technology, and wants to encourage young people to study STEM topics.
As a kid, Anna wanted to become an author, but it took a while until she published her first book. She read stories to her children, and invented new fairy tales, but the first published book was her dissertation on field of technology. The writing process inspired her to study more about fictive writing. Her first fiction book,Mustan Kiven varjo, was published on 2019.
Anna learned to love good coffee when she tried real italian cappuccino on a backpack trip in Italy. Later on, she took a course to become a barista. Today, she prepares a cup of cappuccino for herself on daily basis to keep practicing. You can read more about coffee, e.g. coffee bean reviews, from her blog posts Opens in a new browser's tab .
Anna studied mathematics as major in the university, and still after years, rejoices when she encounters a complex yet logical problem to be solved. In her day job on IT sector she sees the possibilities of technology, and wants to encourage young people to study STEM topics.