November 2017 Book of the Month
Stunning. The sort of mystery that builds feeding you little clues in piecemeal chunks so you have to keep your wits about you. Read it quickly, which shouldn’t be a problem for it is truly compulsive else you may lose how it all fits together. It begins with the funeral of Norma’s mother, Anita, a suicide from jumping under a tube train. We are told that the Naakha (they are Finnish) family are unusual, we learn that Norma’s hair grows a metre a day and has strange powers. This is a secret her mother has urged Norma to keep hidden for “freaks” do not have a life of their own. At the funeral Norma’s hair alerts her to trouble and so the girl investigates Anita’s last few months. We enter a shady world of mafia ilk in a clever tale with twisted individuals and a highly original scenario. I loved it. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
| Primary Genre | Family Drama |
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