# The Winter Job by Antti Tuomainen (Hardback)

A desperate father’s Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers and danger … A darkly humorous and warmly touching suspense novel about friendship, love and death, The Winter Job flies at 120 kilometers an hour straight into the darkest heart of a Finnish winter night.  
“Another wonderfully lean slice of European noir by one of its finest exponents. As darkly fun as any Coen brothers’ offering” ― Vaseem Khan  
“The king of the humorous crime caper” ― Abir Mukherjee  
“With echoes of writers such as Christopher Brookmyre and Carl Hiassen, this is delicious stuff, expertly juggling dark humor and quirky characterization against the backdrop of a frigid northern landscape” ― Financial Times  
“A quirky, murderous road trip … Imagine blending a Donald Westlake comic mishap caper with some famous Nordic levity, and you might have something like The Winter Job” ― Irish Times  
The NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from \`The funniest writer in Europe´ (The Times)  
Fargo meets Carl Hiassen and Fredrik Backman … via the Coen Brothers  
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Sofas, secrets and a snowbound road to trouble…  
Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate.  
A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost town in Finland.  
With the sofa secured in the back of his van, Ilmari stops at a gas station, and an old friend turns up, offering to fix his faulty wipers, on the condition that he tags along. Soon after, a persistent Saab 96 appears in the rearview mirror. And then a bright-yellow Lada.  
That’s when Ilmari realizes that he is transporting something truly special.  
And that’s when Ilmari realizes he might be in serious trouble…  
A darkly funny and unexpectedly moving thriller about friendship, love and death – The Winter Job tears through the frozen landscape of northern Finland in a beat-up van with bad steering, worse timing, and everything to lose…  
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“A madcap chase through a bleak winter landscape … damn hilarious and Tuomainen’s dark humor is displayed at its best in what must surely be the best road movie of the year” ― CrimeTime  
“This suspenseful tale of a desperate father’s journey across the frozen landscape is filled with Tuomainen’s trademark dark wit and unexpected thrills. Another winner” ― Culturefly  
“It may seem hard to find good comic crime-writers, but clearly we haven’t been looking in Finland” ― Telegraph  
“Are you ready for the latest dose of dark humor, clever plotting, great characterization and touching insights into the human soul? … A joy to read” ― Nordic Lighthouse  
Praise for Antti Tuomainen  
“Humor drier than a desert snake’s belly” ― Ian Moore  
“You don’t expect to laugh when you’re reading about terrible crimes, but that’s what you’ll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen’s decidedly quirky thrillers” ― New York Times  
“Laconic, thrilling and warmly human” ― Christopher Brookmyre  
“Right up there with the best” ― Times Literary Supplement  
“Finland’s greatest export” ― M.J. Arlidge  
“A refreshing change from the decidedly gloomier crime fiction for which Scandinavia is known” ― Publishers Weekly  
“Charming, funny and clever” ― Literary Review  
“Thrilling and hilarious” ― Liz Nugent  
“A delight from start to finish” ― Big Issue  
“Tuomainen has a talent for creating offbeat characters that you can’t help rooting for” ― Guardian

## Details

- **Price:** 15.49 GBP
- **Vendor:** Orenda Books
- **Type:** Antti Tuomainen
- **Tags:** All, thrillers

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> Updated: 2026-09-10