Love, everyday comedy and gentle suspense in a good-humoured new mama-lit title!
Author: Mirjam Lohi
Finnish original: Valuneen taikinan tapaus
Publisher: Teos, 2018
Genre: fiction, feel-good, mama-lit
Number of pages: 256 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English sample
Sointu Suominen is a dreamy, loving and slightly muddle-headed mum who decides to start a new career as a real-estate agent. The big firms with their stylish professionals steal clients from under her nose, but Sointu is not discouraged. Drawing her strength from interior design, tea-drinking and harmonious living, Sointu has decided to do her own thing. And now she has time to spy on her neighbours, write a cheerful blog and distribute leaflets for her own estate agency.
At the same time, in a Helsinki apartment, an old lady receives a letter that turns her world upside-down. The next day, a bowl of risen dough is found in the apartment, together with the lady, who has died wearing an evening gown. By coincidence, it is Sointu who gets the job of selling the apartment–at the same time becoming involved in solving the case of the risen dough.
Full of love, humour and tender suspense, this novel contains a magnificent narrative as well as hilarious characters from a husband working in security to peculiar neighbours. And this is only the beginning – The Case of the Risen Dough is the first volume in the Mama Agent Arranges series. Each volume has a mystery plot connected with love–which also afects the relationship between Sointu and her husband, Sampo.
“Mirjam Lohi’s narration is colourful and fools around a bit. It leaves the reader with a purr of happiness.”
– Kirjavinkit blog
“After all the international crime the world needs local exoticism and tangled relationship between people. The florid and humorous narration is chuckling at all manners of posturing in front of others. It replaces goals and productivity with tea and sympathy. Fortunately, The Case of the Risen Dough is first in an entirely new series of books – it truly leaves its readers a warm feeling.”
– Turun Sanomat newspaper
Also available:
The Secret of the Rose (2019)
The Riddle of the Mug (2020)
About the author:
Mirjam Lohi