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Jan 24, 2012 | ISBN 9781616951115 Buy
May 01, 2004 | ISBN 9781569476994 Buy
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Jan 24, 2012 | ISBN 9781616951115
May 01, 2004 | ISBN 9781569476994
One of the most prominent citizens of Göteborg, Sweden, plunges to his death off an apartment balcony, but what appears to be a “society suicide” soon reveals itself to be a carefully plotted murder. Irene Huss finds herself embroiled in a complex and high-stakes investigation. As Huss and her team begin to uncover the victim’s hidden past, they are dragged into Sweden’s seamy underworld of street gangs, struggling immigrants, and neo-Nazis in order to catch the killer.
Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. She is the author of the Irene Huss series, including: Detective Inspector Huss, Night Rounds, The Torso, The Glass Devil, The Golden Calf, The Fire Dance, The… More about Helene Tursten
Praise for Detective Inspector Huss“An absorbing, intelligent mystery that holds its own alongside the best feminine hardboiled novels currently being written.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Book World“Add the voice of Helene Tursten to the list of mystery writers who know how to craft a truly satisfying police procedural.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer“[Tursten] imbues this novel with a cold chill of dread that can’t be attributed only to the subfreezing temperatures of Göteborg in winter.”—Chicago Sun-Times“An intriguing portrait of the workings of a murder squad as well as modern Swedish life.” —Portsmouth Herald
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