Ariel Kafka, Commissioner of the Helsinki Criminal Police, is investigating the murder of two foreigners, apparently Arabs. Ariel's investigation leads him to an auto repair shop owned by an Iraqi refugee. Three more corpses are found here. What is this, a struggle between criminal gangs or terrorism? The State Security Police and the Israeli Embassy get involved, but Ariel leads the investigation one step ahead. This is not easy, since the security police are clearly playing their own game and by their own rules...Harri Nykänen (b. 1953) is a famous and highly successful Finnish mystery author. Nykänen knows the topic intimately, having worked as a crime reporter in the past. A popular television series and a feature film were made based on his “The Roundup” trilogy.