Sari Rainio & Juha Rautaheimo

Sari Rainio (b. 1975) is the editorial director of Siltala Publishing and a passionate reader of suspense novels. She has worked as an editor of Finnish literature since 2000. Juha “Nerves of Steel” Rautaheimo (b. 1952) has worked as an investigator and investigative lead in the Violent Crimes unit for a total of forty years. His previously published memoir Nerves of Steel – My Years in the Murder Unit (2019) covers decades of infamous Finnish crimes and delves deeply into investigative methods.

Here you can find a short interview with the authors and learn more about their work.

(Photo: Laura Malmivaara)


The Dead Still Speak (2021)