The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 9 books · 2010 to 2023 · Mostly set in Helsinki

Antti Tuomainen

Crime and mysteryCosy and comicNoir and hardboiled

Finnish writer Antti Tuomainen moved from bleak noir to darkly comic crime: the Rabbit Factor trilogy follows actuary Henri Koskinen, who inherits an adventure park and its debts to gangsters.

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Antti Tuomainen books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Rabbit Factor

3 books · Set in HyvinkääCosy and comicNoir and hardboiled
  1. 1The Rabbit Factor2020With Henri KoskinenBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Moose Paradox2022With Henri KoskinenBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Beaver Theory2023With Henri KoskinenBuy on Amazon

Standalone

6 books · Set in HelsinkiNoir and hardboiled
  1. 1The Healer2010With Tapani LehtinenBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Dark as My Heart2013Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Mine2015Buy on Amazon
  4. 4The Man Who Died2017With Jaakko KaunismaaBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Palm Beach, Finland2018Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Little Siberia2019Buy on Amazon

Characters

4 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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