Winter in
Tampere, Finland. School-girl Lumikki is invisible, she has been practising for
years not be to noticed by other people. She dresses and moves unseen and can
thus lead not a lonely but a life of her own. When she finds bloodstained and
washed 500 € bills in the school’s dark room, she cannot trust her eyes, but
they are real. It does not long for her to find out who put them there. A gang
of three found them in a bag in the girl’s garden. Reluctantly, Lumikki is
drawn in a story of corruption and her life is seriously in danger.
“As Red as
Blood” is the first crime novel of a new series centred around the 17-year-old
girl who looks like Snow White. The character of Lumikki is quite interesting. Albeit
still quite young, she has perfected her talent of observing people and of
delusion. It takes some time until the reader understands what happened in her
life to make her keep under other people’s radar and to fight for her life. She
is clever and acts ingeniously, at the same time you can sense that she is
vulnerable and has endured much. A strong character who surely will be able to
lead more novels, especially since not all secrets around her and her family
are solved. The story in this opening novel of the series is full of suspense,
interesting and unexpected twists. The plot is convincingly created and not
question remains unanswered in the end. All in all, good entertainment with an
unusual main character.
