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Leena Lehtolainen

Born

in Vesanto, Finland

March 11, 1964

Website

http://www.leenalehtolainen.net/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Leena Katriina Lehtolainen is a Finnish crime novelist, best known for her series of novels about the policewoman Maria Kallio.

Lehtolainen was born in Vesanto, Northern Savonia. Her first novel was released when she was only 12 years old. She studied literature in Helsinki until 1995 and wrote crime novels from 1993 on. Since about 2007 she has written other genres of books. Her works have been translated into various languages: Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish, French, Swedish, German, Estonian, Czech.

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Average rating: 3.56 · 25,304 ratings · 1,706 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors

	My First Murder (Maria Kallio #1) by Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman (Translator) 3.34 avg rating — 3,835 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Enemy (Maria Kallio #2) 3.68 avg rating — 1,917 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Woman (Maria Kallio #4) by Leena Lehtolainen, Gabriele Schrey-Vasara (Translator), Owen F. Witesman (Translator), Ana Carolina Oliveira (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1996 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Spiral (Maria Kallio #5) by Leena Lehtolainen, Gabriele Schrey-Vasara (Translator), Owen F. Witesman (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,545 ratings — published 1997 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Copper Heart (Maria Kallio #3) 3.67 avg rating — 1,592 ratings — published 1995 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatal Headwind (Maria Kallio #6) 3.81 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 1998 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Below the Surface (Maria Kallio #8) by Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 1,136 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before I Go (Maria Kallio #7) by Leena Lehtolainen, Owen F. Witesman (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 1,132 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Maria Kallio #11) 3.70 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nightingale Murder (Maria Kallio #9) 3.77 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Leena Lehtolainen

Maria Kallio (16 books)
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Leena Lehtolainen,

Owen F. Witesman (Translator)

3.64 avg rating — 19,067 ratings

Maria Kallio selkokieli (5 books)
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Leena Lehtolainen,

Leena Kaivosoja-Jukkola (Adaptor)

3.35 avg rating — 4,017 ratings

Henkivartija (5 books)
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Leena Lehtolainen

3.46 avg rating — 2,266 ratings

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“I knew that his abrupt manner was probably a reaction to the traumatic news he’d just received. Grieving people often behaved irrationally, and Heikki Peltonen belonged to a generation of men who had been raised to get along without tears no matter what the situation.”
― Leena Lehtolainen, My First Murder

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“I didn’t believe in a vending machine deity who gave you what you wanted as long as you remembered to fold your hands and bow your head at regular intervals. And”
― Leena Lehtolainen, Snow Woman

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“I was just about to say that I would have to ask the lieutenant, but then I realized that was me. “Yes,”
― Leena Lehtolainen, Fatal Headwind

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