by James Thompson · Roca Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499180625
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«Ángeles en la nieve» is the crime novel by James Thompson, published by Roca Editorial in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
In the Finnish region of Kaamos, Inspector Kari Vaara investigates the murder of a Somali immigrant found in a snowy field with a racial symbol carved on her chest. The case threatens to stoke latent xenophobia in Finland, while Vaara grapples with his marriage, the demands of the case, and a past that returns.
First installment of the Inspector Kari Vaara series. Originally published as «Snow Angels»; translated by Jorge Rizzo. Nominated for the Edgar and Anthony Awards for Best First Novel.
For readers of Nordic noir and the crime genre, with a tormented investigator and a case set in the freezing Finnish winter.
James Gilmour Thompson was a Scottish-born Canadian freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam; he also competed in the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle events, but failed to reach the finals. Two years later he won a gold medal in the 4×200-yard freestyle relay at the 1930 British Empire Games.
