Written from the perspective of Maria, she does a lot of "telling": at first introducing herself (at length) to the reader and then proceeding to relate every last detail about what she's doing during the investigation and why she's doing it. There's not much depth to My First Murder. The homicides I had solved until now had been simple: a drunk putting a knife in a drinking buddy's chest or a hatchet in his wife's head. "The only was I was going to get any clarity was through hard work, good questioning, and careful listening. After interviewing everyone else staying in the house, Maria still has no clue as to who - or why - someone might have wanted Tommi dead. All seemed to be having a good time, however, and no one missed Tommi until the day after a long night of partying. It is at his family's summerhouse that eight members of a double quartet were staying, ostensibly to practice for an upcoming summer event. The dead man, Tommi Peltonen, is not unknown to Maria her college roommate had dated him.
Though relatively new to the police force, she's second in command behind her perpetually drunk (and absent) boss, Sergeant Kalevi Kinnunen. Maria Kallio of the Violent Crime Unit is assigned to lead the investigation. It was originally published as Ensimmäinen murhani in the author's native Finland in 1993. Review: A weekend gettogether at a seaside summerhouse turns deadly when one of the participating members is found dead in the water, his head bashed in, in My First Murder, the first mystery in this series by Leena Lehtolaninen.
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