Two days before Christmas and Helsinki is desperately struggling against relentless climate destruction: metro tunnels are flooded, abandoned vehicles are burning on the streets. Entire communities are abandoning their homes and moving north, where conditions are still tolerable. Social cohesion is collapsing and private security companies are replacing, but also undermining, the law.
Tapani Lehtinen, a defiant poet, is one of the few who decide to continue living in the city. When his journalist wife Johanna disappears, a frantic search for her begins. Everything indicates that Johanna's disappearance is connected to a story she was investigating about a serial killer known as "The Healer," who seeks revenge on all those he deems responsible for the climate destruction...
Atmospheric and moving, "The Healer" is a novel about survival, faith, and determination. Even when the world seems to be reaching its end, love and hope survive. An exceptional crime novel, where the author's skillful use of thriller elements combined with his poetic writing make it unique.