![]() ![]() ![]() She was born in G teborg in 1954 where she now lives. Her three subsequent Irene Huss mysteries have been highly praised. As more murders ensue, she tangles with street gang members, skinheads, immigrants and neo Na*zis a cross section of Sweden’s disaffected in order to catch the killer. But the ‘Society Suicide’ turns out to have been a carefully plotted murder. He was a wealthy financier connected, through an old boys’ network, with the first families of Sweden. ![]() The dead man landed on the sidewalk in front of his luxurious duplex apartment. Inspector Irene Huss, stationed in G teborg, is called through the rain drenched wintry streets to the scene of an apparent suicide. ‘The picture Tursten provides of Sweden’s growing anti immigrant resentment embodied in Huss’ skinhead daughter imbues this novel with a cold chill of dread that can’t be attributed only to the subfreezing temperatures of G teborg in winter.’ Chicago Sun Times ‘An absorbing, intelligent mystery that holds its own alongside the best feminine hardboiled novels currently being written by Englishwomen Val McDermid and Liza Cody, and our own Sara Paretsky.’ Maureen Corrigan, NPR, ‘Fresh Air,’ Washington Post Book World ‘Add the voice of Helen Tursten to the list of mystery writers who know how to craft a truly satisfying police procedural.’ Philadelphia Inquirer ![]()
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