Book Review: As Read as Blood by Salla Simukka

Seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson keeps to herself. Living on her own, she just wants to finish high school.Until the day she finds find thousands of dollars worth of bank notes washed of blood hanging to dry in the school's darkroom...

Suddenly caught up in a world corruption and danger and the international drugs trade, Lumikki finds herself on the run from the infamous 'Polar Bear'.

Set in Finland, in winter where nighttime lasts over 18 hours, leaving less than 6 hours of light each day. With temperatures are often around -25 degrees C, meaning that getting caught in the cold is just as deadly as not escaping the killers.


The first part of a thrilling new Nordic crime series, AS RED AS BLOOD will have you on the edge of your seat until the last page is turned... and then some.