{"id":253942,"date":"2026-07-13T03:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/before-i-go-leena-lehtolainen\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:09:59","slug":"before-i-go-leena-lehtolainen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/before-i-go-leena-lehtolainen\/","title":{"rendered":"Before I Go – Leena Lehtolainen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first message was from Kirsti Jensen: Tommi Laitinen isn\u2019t coming to our May Day party. He can\u2019t stand the idea of being around drunk people, so you can go ahead and come. I tried to call Antti but couldn\u2019t reach him. Anyway, see you tomorrow! After a beep came the next message. Hello, this is Reijo Rahnasto.<\/p>\n

I was appalled to hear that you\u2019re wasting taxpayer money questioning innocent people like my daughter. Were your assurances that the Ilveskivi investigation is proceeding just a lie? I\u2019d like an explanation for this double-dealing. Call me. The he rattled off his work number. After another beep I heard Rahnasto\u2019s voice again: This is Reijo Rahnasto again. I expect to hear from you as soon as possible. I sneered at the answering machine. Luckily the final message was calmer: Hi, it\u2019s Jyrki.<\/p>\n

I know you\u2019re in an interview. What\u2019s the deal with questioning Rahnasto\u2019s daughter? I just got an angry call from Rahnasto complaining that you weren\u2019t returning his calls. Call me before you call him. There was a knock at my door, and for a second I was sure it was Rahnasto, come to skin me alive. I must have looked relieved when Eija Hirvonen walked in.<\/p>\n

She was bringing the new DNA results that had just been faxed over. \u201cI think you were waiting for these,\u201d Eija said, misinterpreting my expression. \u201cYes. Would you please get in touch with the switchboard and ask them not to connect any calls to me for the next hour? I\u2019m going to have a meeting with myself.\u201d Eija laughed and disappeared into the hallway. The DNA report was the usual indecipherable laboratory jargon, but at least one thing was clear: the cells under Ilveskivi\u2019s fingernails had both X and Y chromosomes.<\/p>\n

So the attacker had been a man. We would have wait for Monday to get Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4\u2019s DNA results. Taskinen\u2019s office was on the top floor. I didn\u2019t bother to check that he was in before jogging up the stairs and ringing his buzzer. The green light illuminated immediately, and I was glad to find him alone in his office. \u201cThanks for coming,\u201d he said tiredly. \u201cThe chairman of the City Planning Commission called me half an hour ago to complain about you.<\/p>\n

He was totally pissed off. Why did you question his daughter?\u201d \u201cRahnasto definitely doesn\u2019t want to hear the real reason.\u201d Then I sat down and told Taskinen about Kim Kajanus and his affair with Ilveskivi. Taskinen seemed to become more and more uneasy as I spoke, and he ran his slender fingers through his graying blond hair.<\/p>\n

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Text copyright \u00a9 2000 by Leena Lehtolainen Translation copyright \u00a9 2017 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.<\/p>\n

Previously published as by Ennen l\u00e4ht\u00f6\u00e4 by Tammi in Finland in 2000. Translated from Finnish by Owen Witesman. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2017. Published by AmazonCrossing, Seattle www.apub.com Amazon, the Amazon logo, and AmazonCrossing are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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