The Sheriff: A Jussi Vares Nordic PI Novel

The mutilated body of a man wearing only a bridal veil is discovered in a backyard swing, a woman lay dead inside the house. When the murders go unsolved, private eye Jussi Vares is hired to look into this “Swinging Bride” case.

This gig takes Vares, a wisecracking, tough-on-the-outside Private Investigator and his colorful group of friends deep inside the underworld run by an intimidating and elusive “Sheriff,” where Vares meets a mysterious woman on a motorcycle.

The Sheriff, Finland’s 2012 Crime Novel of the Year, is filled with humor, suspense, insights into Finnish culture, and a nod to America’s Wild West.

Reijo Mäki’s humor-filled and witty Vares novels have made him one of Finland’s most popular authors; 9 of the 26 in this series have been made into movies. Mäki has also written 10 other novels.