As White as Snow

Author: Salla Simukka (Translated from Finnish by Owen F. Witesman) Publisher: Hot Key Books ISBN: 97814714066669

LUMIKKI ANDERSSON is just a tourist in Prague taking a welldeserved break away from her family and the past. She is alone, and that’s exactly how she likes it.

But her tranquillity is shattered when she is approached by a young woman, Lenka, who claims she is Lumikki’s long-lost half-sister.

Intrigued, and a little suspicious that it could very well be the truth given the secrets her family has been harbouring, Lumikki gets drawn into the scheme of things.

Her suspicions are further fuelled when Lenka’s presence and revelations cause her to have dreams of another girl in her life.

She wants to know more, but discovers that Lenka is living in a strange environment. Soon, she finds herself on the run from an assassin, and she is determined to fight for her life – and possibly her sister’s too.

This happens to be the second book in Finnish author Simukka’s Nordic crime series The Snow White Trilogy that delivers action and hardhitting chills. The first book is As Red as Blood.

As the book draws to an end, there are still unresolved questions, and you know you’ll have to read the third and final instalment, As Black as Ebony, to find the answers. Overall, the book is an intriguing read. – K.K. Wong