Helene Tursten
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"Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home. Ever since her darling father's untimely death, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg, Sweden,...
2) Snowdrift
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One winter night, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla Nyström receives a phone call that sends her reeling. It’s been fourteen years since her best friend disappeared from a nightclub in Gothenburg, but Embla recognizes her voice before the call abruptly disconnects. Embla is thrilled to learn Lollo is still alive, but before she can dive into the case, she gets another phone call—this time from a relative. A man has been found shot dead in...
3) Night rounds
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Series
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Soho Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
When a nurse is murdered and another disappears during a hospital blackout, Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Violent Crimes Unit struggles with a report by the crime's only witness, who claims she saw a nurse who died sixty years earlier.
Author
Series
Irene Huss mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Goteborg, Sweden: A high-speed chase of a stolen BMW takes a chilling turn when the two police officers involved witness a gruesome hit-and-run. When they finally recover the abandoned vehicle, search dogs are unable to trace the thieves, but they do uncover an entirely different horror: the half-naked corpse of a young girl in a nearby root cellar. As Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues struggle to put the pieces together, they discover...
5) Who watcheth
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Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
291 pages
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"He watches the women from the shadows. He has an understanding with them; as long as they follow his rules, they are safe. But when they sin, he sentences them to death. A woman is found dead in a cemetery, strangled and covered in plastic. A thorough examination of the corpse reveals that the killer left behind no evidence. But just a few days before her death, the victim received a flower, an unintelligible note, and a photograph of herself. Detective...
Author
Series
Irene Huss mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 20 cm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"It's May and the snow has hardly melted in Goteborg, Sweden, but things are heating up quickly for Detective Inspector Irene Huss in the Violent Crimes Unit. The body of a teenage girl is found in the woods, naked and horrifically scarred. Then there's the mummified body that is discovered bricked up in a chimney on a demolition site, not to mention the city's ongoing problem with gang violence. With the sudden influx of cases and one detective out...
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Irene Huss mysteries volume 5
Publisher
SOHO Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A triple homicide in one of Goteborg's most fashionable neighborhoods culminates in a frantic investigation for Detective Inspector Irene Huss that is complicated by a dot-com diva who refuses to speak and Irene's partner Tommy's suspicious behavior.
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Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
272 pages 16 cm.
Description
"Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed...
10) Winter grave
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Series
Embla Nystrom investigations volume 2
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When a little girl disappears a few weeks before Christmas, suspicion falls on the last person she was seen with: the mentally disabled teenage boy who gave her a ride home after school. Complicating the matter is the fact that detectives can hardly get a word out of him. When a second child disappears and a police officer is found dead, tensions in the small town of Strömstad reach an all-time high. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla...
11) Hunting game
Author
Series
Embla Nystrom investigations volume 1
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The first installment in Helene Tursten's brand new series featuring the strong, smart Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom. From a young age, 28-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts. Though she still develops unhealthy fixations and makes rash decisions from time to time, she has learned to channel most of her anxious energy into her position as Detective Inspector in the mobile unit in Gothenburg, Sweden,...
Publisher
Distributed by MHz Networks
Pub. Date
[2010], ©2010
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
Based on the best-selling crime fiction of Helene Tursten. Irene Huss is a former European ju-jitsu champion, a mother of twin teenage girls, and a Detective Inspector with the Violent Crimes Unit. Her husband, Krister, is a successful chef, and luckily for Irene, he gladly shoulders a fair share of the household tasks. At the Violent Crimes Unit in Gothenburg, Irene encounters a wide range of criminal minds from international serial killers to psychotic...