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A review by mg_in_md_
Before I Go by Leena Lehtolainen
3.0
I was fortunate enough to win an ebook copy of the seventh book in the Maria Kallio series. I've read the first four, so there was a bit of a gap between the last one I read and this one. However, I felt like it was easy enough to pick back up with Kallio and crew. While there are recurring characters and events in Kallio's personal life have changed over the course of the series, I've found that these books work well as stand-alone novels, too.
In this one, Kallio is investigating the death of Petri Ilveski, who was killed on his way to a city-planning meeting. Kallio immediately focuses her attention a group of skinheads who attacked Ilveski and his husband three years prior. When Kallio suggests something more sinister may be at play, her superiors shut her down. However, she persists, as she often does, but her pursuit of the truth puts herself and her family at risk. Kallio seemed more restless in this offering, a bit like she was trying to find her bearings while juggling her professional and personal life obligations. While she's always been restless, she seemed a little more out of sorts than when she was single. As with other offerings in this series, I appreciated the societal issues that were woven into the story and enjoyed being reacquainted with Kallio and the recurring characters.
As a bonus, I used this for the 2017 Ultimate PopSugar Reading Challenge prompt to read "a book with a cat on the cover" (woo-hoo!). Many thanks to FirstReads for giving me the chance to read another book in the always enjoyable Maria Kallio series -- I look forward to finding copies of the fifth and sixth to find out what happened between the fourth and this one!
In this one, Kallio is investigating the death of Petri Ilveski, who was killed on his way to a city-planning meeting. Kallio immediately focuses her attention a group of skinheads who attacked Ilveski and his husband three years prior. When Kallio suggests something more sinister may be at play, her superiors shut her down. However, she persists, as she often does, but her pursuit of the truth puts herself and her family at risk. Kallio seemed more restless in this offering, a bit like she was trying to find her bearings while juggling her professional and personal life obligations. While she's always been restless, she seemed a little more out of sorts than when she was single. As with other offerings in this series, I appreciated the societal issues that were woven into the story and enjoyed being reacquainted with Kallio and the recurring characters.
As a bonus, I used this for the 2017 Ultimate PopSugar Reading Challenge prompt to read "a book with a cat on the cover" (woo-hoo!). Many thanks to FirstReads for giving me the chance to read another book in the always enjoyable Maria Kallio series -- I look forward to finding copies of the fifth and sixth to find out what happened between the fourth and this one!