A rambunctious, raucous road trip packed with action, sex and danger.
Author: Eppu Nuotio & Tiina Brännare
Finnish original: Veto
Publisher: Otava, 2022
Genre: crime, romance
Number of pages: 238 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English sample, English synopsis
The bet Kiti won is the highlight of her 40th birthday – and the end of an agonizing three-year relationship. Carrying a freedom-guaranteeing stash of money, Kiti jumps on a northbound train and heads for an amazing, carefree summer vacation in Lapland.
The easy-going mood evaporates when Kiti realizes she’s been a gullible fool and various parties, including the police, are after her. The lovely tingle of excitement transforms into a less-pleasurable itch when Lapland’s bloodthirsty mosquitoes begin feasting on her southern flesh. And on top of everything else, the boyfriend Kiti left behind appears to be a much more serious threat than she ever imagined…
As Kiti speeds through Lapland’s light-filled nights in an RV, she has the good fortune to make two friends, by all signs genuine ones. The bag of cash may be burning a hole in her vacation and the mysterious shadow trailing her may be getting close – but luckily there’s still time for romance.
This new novel by best-selling author Eppu Nuotio and Tiina Brännare is a fast-paced, entertaining, and insanely fun novel about a grown woman who takes life into her own hands, even if that means making a mistake or two, and surprises herself and readers by behaving in ways traditionally reserved for men.
“[The Wager] is pure entertainment. The concoction includes generous fistfuls of chick-lit and crime fiction and is heavily spiced with emancipated sex, earthy humor, absurd twists, unexpected decisions, and madcap bungling.”
– Kirstin kirjanurkka literature blog
About the authors:
Eppu Nuotio
Tiina Brännare