Cruel Is the Night, Karo Hamalainen, Owe WitesmanPrizewinning Finnish author Karo Hmlinens English language debut is a literary homage to Agatha Christie and a black comedy locked room mystery about murder, mayhem, and morality in our cynical modern world. Three cell phones ring in an opulent London apartment. The calls go unanswered because their recipients are all dead. Earlier that night, four Finnish friends meet for dinner. Its been ten years since the host, Robert, has seen his once best

and the comfort that can be found in books

from hyperactivity to daydreaming

Faye Dunaway (sugar pink lips

hone in on figuring out what links the victims together before the killer strikes again

There they must work as a team to save not only themselves

THIS IS GOING TO HURT was the bestselling non-fiction book of the century - a frank

The parable follows a young New England paperboy

despite herself

Ailey decides to embark on a journey through her family's past

and especially not the sweetheart

taking thousands of small steps and working in an endless loop of problem and solution

His first novel featured the LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch and was entitled The Black Echo (1992) and was based