Ice Cold Crime, LLC
Ice Cold Crime LLC is a new publishing house founded in 2009 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Minnesota area. Its mission is to originate, translate, publish and promote Finnish fiction in
the United States and other English speaking countries.
Current Production
Initially, ICC will focus on publishing Finnish crime fiction. We published our first book in
2009, Jarkko Sipila's award winning Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall.
Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall by Jarkko Sipila
The book won the best Finnish detective novel award in 2009. The book follows Helsinki
Police Violent Crime Unit Lieutenant Detective Kari Takamäki and his team as they solve a
gang murder and their undercover officer Suhonen who gets in too deep into his role.
Download a one page summary of Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall here
Helsinki Homicide: Vengeance by Jarkko Sipila
In April 2010, ICC published the continuation of the Helsinki Homicide series, Helsinki
Homicide: Vengeance. In it Takamäki and Suhonen combat with the Skulls, after their boss
Tapani Larsson walks out of prison with one thought on his mind: Vengeance. Wanting to
reclaim his gang's honor and avenge those who have wronged him, Larsson targets
Suhonen, the undercover detective who put him in prison. Meanwhile, Suhonen's best
friend, an ex-con himself, wants to wash his hands of crime, but in the process, is driven
deeper into it. With the help of his boss, Lieutenant Takamäki, and the National Bureau of
Investigation, Suhonen hunts for the loose thread that could unravel the entire gang. But with
every string he pulls, he flirts with death itself.
Download a one page summary of Helsinki Homicide: Vengeance here
Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth by Jarkko Sipila
A young cocaine dealer is gunned down at the door of his apartment on the outskirts of
downtown Helsinki. Detective Lieutenant Kari Takamäki and his homicide team find the
trigger man—but who was working behind the scenes?
A woman from a neighboring building comes forward with an image of the getaway driver's
face burned into her memory. After testifying in the trial, she finds herself the target of an
escalating spiral of threats. Not wishing to uproot her life, she and her twelve-year-old
daughter risk death by spurning the police's offer of a safe house. As the threats mount, the
witness is torn between her principles and her desire to keep her family safe. How much
should an ordinary citizen sacrifice for the benefit of society as a whole?
Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth is yet another thrilling read from Sipila. A prequel
to previously published Against the Wall and Vengeance, this is the third of his books to be
translated into English. Against the Wall won Finland’s 2009 Crime Novel of the Year Award.
Download a one page summary of Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth here
See www.jarkkosipila.com for more details on Jarkko and his production.
Raid and the Blackest Sheep
In October 2010, we started a new series - Raid by Harri Nykanen. Raid is a hard-nosed, but
compassionate hit man. In our first book, Raid and the Blackest Sheep, Raid travels with an
aging criminal Nygren throughout Finland. As they journey northward, Nygren puts his
affairs in order, wreaking vengeance on those who have wronged him and paying penance
to those he has wronged. Their first stop is at a church, where a sham preacher is fleecing
his congregation for money.
Soon, both cops and crooks are on the trail of the mysterious pair. Detective Lieutenant
Jansson and his colleagues are interested in any potential jobs the notorious criminals might
be planning. A couple of accomplices from Nygren's past believe he has a hidden stash of
cash, and want a share for themselves. In the end, the pilgrimage leaves a trail of wounded
and dead in its wake.
Download a one page summary of Raid the Blackest Sheep here
Upcoming Production
We have also started on a second Raid book - Raid and the Kid (Raid ja Poika WSOY,
2003), which we expect to publish in November 2011.
We have agreed to publish Seppo Jokinen's award winning book Hukan Enkelit and Jari
Tervo's Pyhiesi Yhteyteen. Both books are slated for 2012. We are still working on their
English titles.
We are also having preliminary conversations with a few other Finnish authors as well, and
hope to make an announcement soon.
In the next few years, ICC hopes to be the premier publisher of Finnish crime novels in the
United States having translated and published six authors and twelve books.
Background on Ice Cold Crime:
Please see an article about Ice Cold Crime in July 28, 2010 Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Please see the following video link on MTV3 Interview for further information about Ice
Cold Crime. It is an interview on MTV3’s Good Morning Finland program on August 12,
2009 - it is in Finnish.
Based on the success of Nordic authors, such as Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, ICC
believes that there is a market for Finnish crime fiction in the United States. Furthermore,
there is very limited supply of Finnish fiction in the United States. We believe that reading
contemporary Finnish fiction would better enable the American readership to connect with
the issues of modern Finland. Furthermore, we believe that the internet generation will be
more interested in reading contemporary Finnish fiction than classical Finnish literature. ICC
believes that publishing more Finnish fiction will promote knowledge of Finnish culture in
the United States and hopefully create possibilities for other Finnish authors to export their
product.
Ice Cold Crime LLC is a new publishing house founded in 2009 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Minnesota area. Its mission is to originate, translate, publish and promote Finnish fiction in
the United States and other English speaking countries.
Current Production
Initially, ICC will focus on publishing Finnish crime fiction. We published our first book in
2009, Jarkko Sipila's award winning Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall.
Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall by Jarkko Sipila
The book won the best Finnish detective novel award in 2009. The book follows Helsinki
Police Violent Crime Unit Lieutenant Detective Kari Takamäki and his team as they solve a
gang murder and their undercover officer Suhonen who gets in too deep into his role.
Download a one page summary of Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall here
Helsinki Homicide: Vengeance by Jarkko Sipila
In April 2010, ICC published the continuation of the Helsinki Homicide series, Helsinki
Homicide: Vengeance. In it Takamäki and Suhonen combat with the Skulls, after their boss
Tapani Larsson walks out of prison with one thought on his mind: Vengeance. Wanting to
reclaim his gang's honor and avenge those who have wronged him, Larsson targets
Suhonen, the undercover detective who put him in prison. Meanwhile, Suhonen's best
friend, an ex-con himself, wants to wash his hands of crime, but in the process, is driven
deeper into it. With the help of his boss, Lieutenant Takamäki, and the National Bureau of
Investigation, Suhonen hunts for the loose thread that could unravel the entire gang. But with
every string he pulls, he flirts with death itself.
Download a one page summary of Helsinki Homicide: Vengeance here
Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth by Jarkko Sipila
A young cocaine dealer is gunned down at the door of his apartment on the outskirts of
downtown Helsinki. Detective Lieutenant Kari Takamäki and his homicide team find the
trigger man—but who was working behind the scenes?
A woman from a neighboring building comes forward with an image of the getaway driver's
face burned into her memory. After testifying in the trial, she finds herself the target of an
escalating spiral of threats. Not wishing to uproot her life, she and her twelve-year-old
daughter risk death by spurning the police's offer of a safe house. As the threats mount, the
witness is torn between her principles and her desire to keep her family safe. How much
should an ordinary citizen sacrifice for the benefit of society as a whole?
Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth is yet another thrilling read from Sipila. A prequel
to previously published Against the Wall and Vengeance, this is the third of his books to be
translated into English. Against the Wall won Finland’s 2009 Crime Novel of the Year Award.
Download a one page summary of Helsinki Homicide: Nothing but the Truth here
See www.jarkkosipila.com for more details on Jarkko and his production.
Raid and the Blackest Sheep
In October 2010, we started a new series - Raid by Harri Nykanen. Raid is a hard-nosed, but
compassionate hit man. In our first book, Raid and the Blackest Sheep, Raid travels with an
aging criminal Nygren throughout Finland. As they journey northward, Nygren puts his
affairs in order, wreaking vengeance on those who have wronged him and paying penance
to those he has wronged. Their first stop is at a church, where a sham preacher is fleecing
his congregation for money.
Soon, both cops and crooks are on the trail of the mysterious pair. Detective Lieutenant
Jansson and his colleagues are interested in any potential jobs the notorious criminals might
be planning. A couple of accomplices from Nygren's past believe he has a hidden stash of
cash, and want a share for themselves. In the end, the pilgrimage leaves a trail of wounded
and dead in its wake.
Download a one page summary of Raid the Blackest Sheep here
Upcoming Production
We have also started on a second Raid book - Raid and the Kid (Raid ja Poika WSOY,
2003), which we expect to publish in November 2011.
We have agreed to publish Seppo Jokinen's award winning book Hukan Enkelit and Jari
Tervo's Pyhiesi Yhteyteen. Both books are slated for 2012. We are still working on their
English titles.
We are also having preliminary conversations with a few other Finnish authors as well, and
hope to make an announcement soon.
In the next few years, ICC hopes to be the premier publisher of Finnish crime novels in the
United States having translated and published six authors and twelve books.
Background on Ice Cold Crime:
Please see an article about Ice Cold Crime in July 28, 2010 Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Please see the following video link on MTV3 Interview for further information about Ice
Cold Crime. It is an interview on MTV3’s Good Morning Finland program on August 12,
2009 - it is in Finnish.
Based on the success of Nordic authors, such as Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, ICC
believes that there is a market for Finnish crime fiction in the United States. Furthermore,
there is very limited supply of Finnish fiction in the United States. We believe that reading
contemporary Finnish fiction would better enable the American readership to connect with
the issues of modern Finland. Furthermore, we believe that the internet generation will be
more interested in reading contemporary Finnish fiction than classical Finnish literature. ICC
believes that publishing more Finnish fiction will promote knowledge of Finnish culture in
the United States and hopefully create possibilities for other Finnish authors to export their
product.
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