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Helene Tursten

Author of An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good

21+ Works 5,228 Members 293 Reviews 8 Favorited

About the Author

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Series

Works by Helene Tursten

An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good (2018) 949 copies, 79 reviews
Detective Inspector Huss (1998) 845 copies, 37 reviews
The Torso (2000) 526 copies, 23 reviews
The Glass Devil (2002) 485 copies, 12 reviews
Night Rounds (2012) 411 copies, 15 reviews
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (2020) 381 copies, 33 reviews
The Golden Calf (2004) 270 copies, 16 reviews
The Beige Man (2007) 231 copies, 11 reviews
The Fire Dance (2003) 224 copies, 14 reviews
Hunting Game (2016) 187 copies, 9 reviews
The Treacherous Net (2008) 172 copies, 9 reviews
Who Watcheth (2010) 143 copies, 11 reviews
Snow Drift (2018) 126 copies, 8 reviews
Winter Grave (2016) 115 copies, 4 reviews
Protected by the Shadows (2012) 112 copies, 10 reviews

Associated Works

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers (2017) — Contributor — 136 copies, 11 reviews
Tatort Tannenbaum: Kommissare feiern Weihnachten (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies
Mords.Metropole.Ruhr (2010) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Tursten, Helene
Legal name
Tursten, Ulla Helene Marie Samuelsson
Birthdate
1954-02-17
Gender
female
Nationality
Sweden
Birthplace
Gothenburg, Sweden
Places of residence
Sunne, Värmland, Sweden
Occupations
nurse
dentist
author

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Reviews

Göteborg’s gangs are the focus of the final installment of the Irene Huss series. Irene and her chef husband Krister are empty nesters now that their twin daughters have moved out and launched their own careers. Krister is the new owner of the restaurant where he has worked for many years. A narrow escape from a car bomb sends Krister and the twins into hiding while Irene works with her police colleagues to prevent the gang warfare from spiraling out of control. Somehow the gangs seem to stay one step ahead of the police. Could there be an informer among them? Who can Irene trust?

I have enjoyed this series and I’m sorry to see it come to an end. Irene has grown both as a police officer and as a person through the series. Irene made some questionable decisions in the early books in the series, but she seems wiser by the end of the series. The mystery plotting has never been more than adequate in this series, but the characters and setting more than make up for that.
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cbl_tn | 9 other reviews | Dec 30, 2024 |
Eigentlich hat mich das Cover dazu gebracht, dieses Buch zu lesen - und es hat mir einen amüsanten Abend beschert. Die 88jährige, alleinlebende Maude ist das genaue Gegenteil der freundlichen alten, leicht tüdeligen Dame, die sie zu sein vorgibf - sie weiß genau, was sie will und schreckt bei der Beseitigung derer, die ihr im Weg stehen, auch vor Mord nicht zurück. Das Buch enthält fünf kurze Geschichten, die zunächst aus der Sicht von Maude geschildert sind, wobei die letzten beiden da etwas aus der Reihe fallen, weil sie teilweise aus der Sicht eines Nachbars/die Polizei geschildert werden. Hier lernt man auch die Kommissarin der Krimireihe der Autorin, Irene Huss kennen.

Da mir der Schreibstil gut gefallen hat, werde ich die Reihe definitiv irgendwann ausprobieren.
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Ellemir | 78 other reviews | Dec 18, 2024 |
 
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ansate | 78 other reviews | Dec 18, 2024 |
Another in the Irene Huss police procedural series, pretty good although more violent than usual. Gangs, cocaine, protection rackets.
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ffortsa | 9 other reviews | Dec 5, 2024 |

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Works
21
Also by
3
Members
5,228
Popularity
#4,769
Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
293
ISBNs
320
Languages
13
Favorited
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