Senja V. Suutari Ordre des livres (chronologique)

The village of Satama on Broom Island was founded by Finns escaping tsarist rule in the early l900s. The name, Satama, means harbor or haven. But Satama proved to be anything but. What really happened to the Lemerriant family in the fire of 1927? Who is killing the residents of Broom Island? Is it really a rogue cougar? Why do the children chant, "Beware the laughing blackbirds and the Loogy-Roo...If they don’t stop laughing, then they’ve come for you." A sleepy community with a dark past awakened by the arrival of young 10 year old Gabrielle Choate.

When Mrs. Norland, an aged resident of Stastas Lodge, thrusts upon Kate Oksa, a young high school dropout, the care of a sickly kitten, Kate has no idea that it will change her life. She starts to experience epileptic seizures during which she’s propelled back in time to relive violent episodes in the lives of residents of the old age home. One of them warns Kate that the kitten is not what it appears to be, and tells her to get rid of the animal (if she can). The kitten continues to cling to life and to Kate, and eventually Kate comes face to face with its owner, who claims to be the Finnish devil...