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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2012
  • Latest Book:
    January 2019
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Full Series List in Order

The Bodyguard

1 - The Bodyguard (Dec-2014)
2 - The Lion of Justice (Jun-2015)
3 - The Devil's Cubs (May-2016)

A Maria Kallio Thriller

1 - My First Murder (Dec-2012)
2 - Her Enemy (May-2013)
3 - Copper Heart (Nov-2013)
4 - Snow Woman (Dec-2014)
5 - Death Spiral (Dec-2015)
6 - Fatal Headwind (Jul-2016)
7 - Before I Go (Apr-2017)
8 - Below the Surface (Nov-2017)
9 - The Nightingale Murder (Apr-2018)
10 - Derailed (Aug-2018)
11 - Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Jan-2019)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Maria Kallio has just been assigned her first murder investigation. To prove to herself and her squad that she has what it takes to be a detective, she’ll have to solve the death of Tommi Peltonen. Found floating facedown at the water’s edge of h...



  • After solving her first murder and leaving the Helsinki Police Department behind, Maria Kallio thought that a move to the neighboring city of Espoo would signal a fresh start -- a chance to not only put her new law degree to use, but to nurture her b...



  • Former police sergeant Maria Kallio gladly left her tiny Finnish hometown of Arpikylä without looking back. But even though Maria despises the small town and the acrid smell from its now-closed copper mine, when Arpikylä’s sheriff asks her to ser...



  • As a professional bodyguard, Hilja Ilveskero rarely loses her cool. But one day, she and a client have an argument in a Moscow fur salon, and Hilja quits on the spot. When the client turns up dead, Hilja quickly discovers that she is a suspect. In an...



  • When the well-known director of a women’s retreat center goes missing, Espoo Police Detective Maria Kallio is called to investigate. As the missing woman’s friends and family quickly become the pool of suspects, Maria must soften her tough interr...



  • American-trained bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero is accustomed to danger. Maybe that’s what attracted her to agent David Stahl in the first place -- he’s sexy, he’s dashing, and he’s most definitely dangerous -- and try as she might, she just canâ€...



  • Noora Nieminen was destined to become a world champion. But when the sixteen-year-old skating sensation is found slain with her own skates, her promising career is unexpectedly cut short. Detective Maria Kallio is seven months pregnant, but that i...



  • Professional bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero will do anything to protect her client. But when that client is the daughter of a nefarious real estate tycoon who is the mortal enemy of Hilja's true love, things get complicated. She knows there must be an end...



  • After months of maternity leave, tough-talking Espoo police detective Maria Kallio is ready to return to work. But before assuming her new post as head of the Violent Crime Unit, she vacations with her husband and daughter on the island of Rödskär....






  • A fierce detective risks everything to unravel a tangle of secrets and corruption protecting a killer in this spellbinding seventh mystery in the tension-filled Maria Kallio series. When Petri Ilveskivi is murdered in the street on his way to a ci...



  • When a woman’s body turns up in a lake -- a bullet to the back of her head -- Violent Crime Unit commander Maria Kallio, freshly back from maternity leave, is fast to get on the case. The victim is ID’d as Annukka Hackman, wife of a prominent pub...



  • Award-winning author Leena Lehtolainen’s heart-stopping series continues as investigator Maria Kallio’s hunt for a killer gets dark, dangerous, and dirty… A grievously mutilated young woman arrives at the hospital in Espoo, Finland -- only t...



  • Detective Maria Kallio investigates a doping scandal turned murder in award-winning author Leena Lehtolainen’s pulse-pounding thriller. After surviving a terrifying assault during her last investigation, Maria Kallio traded in her badge for a co...



  • A group of hate crimes, a conspiracy, or a coincidence? Investigator Maria Kallio searches for answers close to home in award-winning author Leena Lehtolainen’s riveting thriller. After completing a dangerous mission training police officers in ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Leena Lehtolainen has published 14 books.

Leena Lehtolainen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Where Have All the Young Girls Gone, was published in January 2019.

The first book by Leena Lehtolainen, My First Murder, was published in December 2012.

Yes. Leena Lehtolainen has 2 series.