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Maddy's Christmas Wedding by Rosie Green #LittleDuckPondCafeBook37#review

  Here we are at Book 37 in the Little Duck Pond Cafe series! Maddie's Christmas Wedding is the latest novella by Rosie Green.   With the wedding of the year approaching, excitement is running high at the café! But there's just one problem. Maddy is grappling with a secret. Could it derail all of hers and Jack's glorious plans for their big day? Will there actually be a wedding?   My Thoughts In this latest festive story, we are taken out of Sunnybrook, in fact, out of the country and taken for a wintry stay in Lapland. It is Maddy's hen party gathering so some of the Little Duck Pond characters are along too. The story continues on from the earlier Cosy Nights and Snowball Fights . The setting is idyllic and so different to life at home. Everything shimmers and shines in the snow and the temperatures are extreme. Maddy should be having the time of her life but she finds that she has a lot on her mind and a heartbreaking decision to make.     With the men le...
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The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuonainen Translated by David Hackston #Review #Giveaway

 

I am delighted to be participating in another wonderful Orenda blog event. The Moose Paradox is the second installment in the The Rabbit Factor trilogy by Finnish author, Antti Tuomainen. It is published in paperback on October 27th. 

I also have a great giveaway for you and the chance for you to win a print copy of The Moose Paradox. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post. 

Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park’s main attraction?

Meanwhile, Henri’s relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before it’s too late… 

Absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly poignant and full of nail-biting suspense, The Moose Paradox is the second instalment in the critically acclaimed, pitch-perfect Rabbit Factor Trilogy and things are messier than ever…


 My Thoughts

The second in the series continues the black humour and dry wit of The Rabbit Factor. Henri Koskinen  is taking the same calculated, mathematical approach to his life and to trying to run the amusement park as ever. It is not an easy task. Along with Henri, the reader is in for some gigantic surprises along the way.  Henri seems to get himself into some situations which his logical thinking has to try to find a way through. It is a quirky thriller with some curious characters who work within the park and a whole variety of enemies.

    As soon as Henri feels that he is getting his life into some sort of order, chaos reigns. Some of the situations seem absurd, but it is the humour within the suspense which entertains. Henri also has to apply his mathematical thinking to his struggling romance with Laura, who as an artist, is as far frmm his way of looking at life as you can get. However, their conversations work and contain a rich seam of laconic wit. David Hackston has produced a lively translation which certainly captures the individuality of the author's voice. I am looking forward to where Book 3 takes us.

In short: thrills and spills

About the Author

 

Finnish Antti Tuomainen was an award-winning copywriter when he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. In 2011, Tuomainen’s third novel, The Healer, was awarded the Clue Award for ‘Best Finnish Crime Novel of 2011’ and was shortlisted for the Glass Key Award. Two years later, in 2013, the Finnish press crowned Tuomainen the ‘King of Helsinki Noir’ when Dark as My Heart was published. With a piercing and evocative style, Tuomainen was one of the first to challenge the Scandinavian crime genre formula, and his poignant, dark and hilarious The Man Who Died (2017) became an international bestseller, shortlisting for the Petrona and Last Laugh Awards. Palm Beach Finland (2018) was an immense success, with The Times calling Tuomainen ‘the funniest writer in Europe’.

 You can read my review of The Rabbit Factor here.
 
You can follow Antti here: Website   |  Twitter   |  Instagram
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Book links: Amazon UK
 


Thanks to Antti Tuomainen, Karen Sullivan and Anne Cater of Orenda Books for a copy of the book and a place on the Blog Tour.
 
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Giveaway (UK only)
 

 

To win a print copy of The Moose Paradox, just Follow and Retweet the pinned tweet at @bookslifethings and good luck!
Closing date is 21st October 2022 and there is one winner.    
 
*Terms and Conditions –  UK only.  The winner will be selected at random via Tweetdraw from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then I reserve the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize. I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

 

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