The Moose Paradox
By Antii Tuomainen

The Moose Paradox is a quirky Scandi-Noir book with dark humour and crime, set in a theme park. It is a great, intriguing book to cosy up with on these darker autumnal nights. Find out more about this book in the blurb and the rest of my review below.
Thanks to Orenda Books and Random T Tours for inviting me to review.

Blurb

Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored orders both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upsidedown again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier

is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to

Henri when he needs it as the park’s main attraction?!!

Meanwhile, Henri’s relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before it’s too late.

Review

The Moose Paradox is a great second book in this series. The first is The Rabbit Factor, soon to be a major movie starring Steve Carrell. Whilst you wait for that, it is the perfect time to catch up with everyone’s favourite actuary – Henri Koskinen.

Henri Koskinen was running his life by mathematics in The Rabbit Factor and also inherited a theme park – YouMeFun. He finally has everything in order, just as he likes it and in a way that makes sense to him, when someone from his past unexpectedly turns up and something shady is going on, especially with the company Toy of Finland Ltd.
His relationship is also in trouble and he feels the need for order to be restored and the certainty in maths to go into overdrive to create a more comfortable normality.

The book is quirky with dark humour mixed in with suspense and unpredictability. It is this that makes this series, that is very different from the usual type of Scandi-Noir, compelling. There is so much that sits at juxtapositions, from the positive and light, fun energy generated by the theme park, which is in contrast to the falling of Henri’s life and both are in complete contrast to the even darker under currents at play. It is a very engaging and compelling book to read.