As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka

Seventeen-year-old Lumikki is tough, solitary, and fiercely independent; after witnessing a brutal crime she’s pulled into a dangerous investigation that forces her to navigate the city’s criminal underworld, confront secrets from her past, and test whom she can trust. Using street smarts and stubborn determination, she follows tenuous clues, forges uneasy alliances, and faces escalating threats in this taut, dark YA thriller about survival, identity, and betrayal.

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