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Holy Ceremony, by Harri Nykänen

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Holy Ceremony by  Harri Nykänen is my first slice of 'Nordic Noir', from Finland. The narrative goes straight in on the first page with our detective contemplating the body of a young woman  laid out in an apartment. Her back is inscribed with a biblical text, prompting immediate assumptions about this being one of those cultish ritual stories. I'd think if you were one of today's very many noir murder mystery addicts, you'd be putting this scenario into a certain familiar box. Myself, I've only read the Stieg Larsson trilogy, but it feels as if I've read many more of this genre, because so many have been televised. So, does Holy Ceremony stand out in any way? Is it worth one's while to read? Well, Nykänen does subvert some of those initial expectations, and he does surprise the reader now and again. A nice detail in that opening scene is that when the medical examiner comes in, he immediately declares that he was only examining this self s