The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 2013 to 2016 · Set in Oulu

Anna Fekete Books in Order

Anna Fekete was born in the former Yugoslavia to a Hungarian family and came to Finland as a refugee child. Now a police detective in a city in northern Finland, she investigates crimes that touch on immigration and belonging.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
2013 to 2016
First book
The Hummingbird
Latest
The Exiled (2016)
Setting
Set in Oulu

The reading order

Every Anna Fekete book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books · Set in Oulu
  1. 1The Hummingbird2013With Anna FeketeAnna Fekete, newly arrived in the violent crimes unit of a northern Finnish city, investigates the shooting of a jogger on a running trail, while a teenage girl from an immigrant family fears for her life.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Defenceless2014With Anna FeketeAn elderly man is found dead on a dark road, apparently hit by a car, and the case leads Anna into the lives of people on the margins of Finnish society.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Exiled2016With Anna FeketeAnna returns to her home town in Serbia for a holiday, and when her handbag is stolen and the thief is found dead in the river, she cannot stay out of the case.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The Hummingbird, The Defenceless and The Exiled in order.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Anna Fekete book
BookAnna FeketeEsko Niemi
1 The HummingbirdLLeadMMajor
2 The DefencelessLLeadMMajor
3 The ExiledLLeadMMajor

Characters in the Anna Fekete books

2 characters from Kati Hiekkapelto’s chart, with the number of Anna Fekete books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Anna FeketeHungarian-Serbian Finnish detective3The Hummingbird 2013
Esko NiemiAnna's prickly older partner3The Hummingbird 2013