Derailed – Leena Lehtolainen

Juuso sent a text message. Look.” Koivu tapped at his phone and then turned the display to me. When are you coming home dad. We can play table hockey again. Juuso. “Have I told you what a good table hockey player he is for a boy his age?” I snorted. I was feeling guilty too, but that wasn’t going to change anything.

I told Perävaara where we were going, and we agreed to keep in touch. He would retain responsibility for public relations. But as soon as the media realized whose car had exploded, I would have to get in front of the cameras too. I decided to take the wheel for a change, even though readjusting the steering wheel, seat, and mirrors took time. Traffic to the south was at a complete standstill because of the police roadblocks, but I didn’t bother turning on the siren.

Sitting in traffic would give Koivu and me time to chew things over. I told him about Miikka Harju’s behavior. Koivu also wondered if Harju might be bluffing. “Does he go to AA? Not many people can get sober without it. They’re bound to keep everything they say confidential, but do you think Ursula might be able to bribe his sponsor or something? They admit all their evil deeds there, right?” “Koivu, come off it. AA meetings aren’t Catholic confession or something to joke about.

And maybe I’m getting too stuck on Harju since we have so little else to go on. If only someone saw whoever messed with Jutta’s car, or maybe, say, Sami Terävä in the Sports Building just before the explosion. But I doubt we’re going to be that lucky. What about what Hillevi said about the bread rolls being poisoned while she was in the bathroom? It sounds far-fetched, but there was a small window of time when they were unguarded.”

“So . . .

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Text copyright © 2008 by Leena Lehtolainen Translation copyright © 2018 by Owen F. Witesman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

Previously published as Väärän jäljillä by Tammi in Finland in 2008. Translated from Finnish by Owen F. Witesman. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2018. Published by AmazonCrossing, Seattle www.apub.com Amazon, the Amazon logo, and AmazonCrossing are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates. ISBN-13: 9781503904491 ISBN-10: 1503904490 Cover design by Ray Lundgren OceanofPDF.com For Otso OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS CAST OF CHARACTERS PROLOGUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR OceanofPDF.com C A S T O F C H A R A C T E R S THE LAW Akkila: ……….

Patrol officer, Espoo PD Autio, Gideon: ………. Detective, Espoo Violent Crime Unit Grotenfelt, Kirsti: ………. Forensic pathologist Honkanen, Ursula: ………. Detective, Espoo VCU Jarkko: ………. Criminologist, Ministry of the Interior Kaartamo: ………. Assistant chief of police, Espoo PD Kallio, Maria: ………. Criminologist, Ministry of the Interior; Detective Lieutenant, Espoo VCU Koivu, Pekka: ……….

Detective, Espoo VCU, Wang’s husband Kuusimäki, Anni: ………. Commander, Espoo VCU Montonen: ………. Patrol officer, Helsinki PD Outi: ………. Criminologist, Ministry of the Interior Perävaara: ………. Commander, Helsinki VCU Puupponen, Ville: ………. Detective, Espoo VCU Puustjärvi, Petri: ………. Detective, Espoo VCU Rajakoski, Mikko: ………. Senior inspector, Ministry of the Interior Rasilainen, Liisa: ………. Patrol officer, Espoo PD Reponen, Katri: ………. District prosecutor Söderholm, Kaide: ………. Ballistics expert Ström, Pertti: ………. Detective, Espoo VCU, deceased Taskinen, Jyrki: ………. Director, Espoo Criminal Division Wang-Koivu, Anu: ………. Juvenile Unit, Koivu’s wife THE SPORTS WORLD Harju, Miikka: ……….

Office assistant, Adaptive Sports Association Häkkinen, Satu: ………. Secretary, MobAbility Koskelo, Ilpo: ………. Toni Väärä’s coach Litmanen, Hillevi: ………. Secretary, Adaptive Sports Association Ristiluoma, Tapani: ………. CEO, MobAbility Salo, Eero: ………. Discus thrower Särkikoski, Jutta: ………. Freelance sports journalist Terävä, Sami: ………. Discus thrower Väärä, Toni: ………. Middle-distance runner Vainikainen, Merja: ……….

Director, Adaptive Sports Association Vainikainen, Pentti: ………. Head of Social Affairs, Finnish Athletics Federation Vainio, Anneli: ………. Accountant, MobAbility SUPPORTING CAST Eeva: ………. Maria’s sister The Groke: ………. Tove Jansson character, used here as a pseudonym for an abuser Heikkinen, Eija: ………. Tapani Ristiluoma’s ex-girlfriend Hemulen: ……….

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