The Triumvirate Murders — Death as a Business Expense

A sunlit Finnish backroad. A dragonfly’s flicker. A yellow sports car that doesn’t stop. The hit-and-run death of a ten-year-old girl shatters an immaculate August morning—and sets Helsinki’s winter on edge.

When celebrated editor Pekka Wall and his novelist partner Tuomas Ylivire—Finland’s most-watched queer couple—step into the President’s Independence Day gala, a whisper in the crush of tuxedos and tiaras pulls them into a scandal that snakes from media boardrooms to back-street safehouses. What emerges is a ruthless “triumvirate” of power players trading in blackmail, sex, and murder— with evidence that brushes the Kremlin.

As bodies fall and reputations are laundered, Pekka and Tuomas must decide how far they’ll go—for truth, for justice, and for the fragile, fiercely tender life they’re building together. Their love makes them brave; the spotlight makes them targets.

Darkly witty, unabashedly queer, and steeped in Scandi-noir atmosphere, The Triumvirate Murders is a propulsive thriller about intimacy, influence, and the cost of looking away—perfect for fans of cold-light crime with heat at its heart. (Pekka Wall Series—Book 3.)

The Triumvirate Murders will be released on Amazon on 6 December 2025.

Beta Review

Review: The Triumvirate Murders – Death as a Business Expense

By Janus Lucky
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5) – A Masterful Fusion of Scandi-Noir Intensity and Cosy Crime Wit

Janus Lucky’s The Triumvirate Murders is a triumph of tone, genre and ambition – a book that strides confidently across the snow-dusted bridge between classic Nordic noir and the elegant, character-driven world of cosy murder mysteries. It’s both a deeply political thriller about corruption, power and buried secrets, and an intimate, often wickedly funny story of love, loss and redemption.

This third instalment in the Pekka Wall series finds the sardonic editor-turned-sleuth and his mercurial young fiancé Tuomas thrust into a web of murder, conspiracy and betrayal that stretches back decades. And while it builds on the world established in Lucky’s earlier novels, it also stands firmly on its own – a rich and layered narrative that rewards both loyal readers and newcomers alike.

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If you love your crime fiction with brains, bite and a big beating heart, The Triumvirate Murders is unmissable. Janus Lucky isn’t just playing in the same league as Jo Nesbø and other Nordic masters – he’s carving out a distinctive voice all his own. A dazzling, devastating and darkly delightful triumph. – Susan I., beta reader

★★★★★