Helene Tursten

Maud tiene ochenta y ocho años y vive sola en un gran apartamento del centro de Gotemburgo. Su prioridad es pasar el tiempo que le queda en paz y tranquilidad, disfrutando de sus aficiones, como la de viajar por el mundo. Gracias a su talento especial encontrara el modo de alcanzar sus objetivos, deshaciendose de quienes se interponen en su camino? de manera definitiva. No hay duda de que las apariencias pueden ser engañosas y, tras su fachada de dulce abuelita, Maud lograra resolver sus problemas con frialdad y creatividad, sin despertar sospechas y demostrando que la edad no es impedimento para el crimen perfecto

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.

Eine mörderische Familie - und eine verteufelt gute Polizistin, die einer Spur in die Vergangenheit folgtAls Irene Huss mit der Leiche der jungen Tänzerin Sophie konfrontiert wird, schrillen bei der Kommissarin alle Alarmglocken. Zu sehr erinnert sie dieser Fall an ein anderes Verbrechen, das nie aufgeklärt werden konnte. Der Stiefvater der damals achtjährigen Sophie war auf ganz ähnliche Weise ermordet worden wie nun sie selbst. Damals stand das Mädchen unter dringendem Tatverdacht. Was haben die beiden Fälle miteinander zu tun?01Helene Tursten, geboren 1954 in Göteborg, tätig lange Jahre als Zahnärztin. Nach Aufgabe ihres Berufes - bedingt durch eine rheumatische Erkrankung - widmete sie sich dem Schreiben. Mit Veröffentlichung von Kriminalromanen um 'Inspektorin Irene Huss' begeisterte sie Schwedens Kritiker und Publikum auf Anhieb. Die Autorin lebt in Sunne/Värmland und ist verheiratet mit einem Ex-Polizisten.01Holger Wolandt wurde 1962 in Würzburg geboren und studierte in München Nordistik, Anglistik und Germanistik. Heute lebt er mit seiner Familie in Schweden: im Sommer in einem gelbgestrichenen Holzhaus an einem See in Sörmland, im Winter in Stockholm. Wolandt ist Autor, Übersetzer und Herausgeber mehrerer literarischer Anthologien.

Tursten HeleneEine Frau auf der Flucht vor ihrem Mann, der sie augenscheinlich misshandelt. Bevor sie ausziehen kann, sturzt sie auf der Treppe ihres Einfamilienhauses zu Tode. Ein klarer Fall, oder? Ein junges Paar, das sich auf der Hochzeitsreise verfahrt und schlielich bei einem einsam gelegenen Hof und dessen mysterioser Besitzerin landet. Ein Witwer, vor dessen Tur plotzlich zwei Rettungssanitater stehen, die er nicht bestellt hat. Zehn unheimliche Geschichten und eine Inspektor-Irene-Huss-Erzahlung hat btb-Bestsellerautorin Helene Tursten in diesem Buch versammelt: hochst spannend und voller Raffinesse.01Helene Tursten, geboren 1954 in Goteborg, tatig lange Jahre als Zahnarztin. Nach Aufgabe ihres Berufes - bedingt durch eine rheumatische Erkrankung - widmete sie sich dem Schreiben. Mit Veroffentlichung von Kriminalromanen um 'Inspektorin Irene Huss' begeisterte sie Schwedens Kritiker und Publikum auf Anhieb. Die Autorin lebt in Sunne/Varmland und ist verheiratet mit einem Ex-Polizisten.01Holger Wolandt wurde 1962 in Wurzburg geboren und studierte in Munchen Nordistik, Anglistik und Germanistik. Heute lebt er mit seiner Familie in Schweden: im Sommer in einem gelbgestrichenen Holzhaus an einem See in Sormland, im Winter in Stockholm. Wolandt ist Autor, Ubersetzer und Herausgeber mehrerer literarischer Anthologien.

Tursten HeleneEin neuer Fall fur Irene Huss, Kriminalinspektorin aus Goteborg: Drei Leichen geben der Polizei Ratsel auf - ein Pfarrer und seine Frau wurden im Schlaf erschossen, der gemeinsame Sohn liegt tot im Sommerhaus. Hat man es mit einer Familientragodie zu tun? Sind die Tater gar in kirchlichen Kreisen zu suchen? Die Recherchen fuhren Irene Huss bis nach England - zu einem Abgrund aus verwirrter Liebe und falsch verstandener Solidaritat.01Helene Tursten, geboren 1954 in Goteborg, tatig lange Jahre als Zahnarztin. Nach Aufgabe ihres Berufes - bedingt durch eine rheumatische Erkrankung - widmete sie sich dem Schreiben. Mit Veroffentlichung von Kriminalromanen um 'Inspektorin Irene Huss' begeisterte sie Schwedens Kritiker und Publikum auf Anhieb. Die Autorin lebt in Sunne/Varmland und ist verheiratet mit einem Ex-Polizisten.01Holger Wolandt wurde 1962 in Wurzburg geboren und studierte in Munchen Nordistik, Anglistik und Germanistik. Heute lebt er mit seiner Familie in Schweden: im Sommer in einem gelbgestrichenen Holzhaus an einem See in Sormland, im Winter in Stockholm. Wolandt ist Autor, Ubersetzer und Herausgeber mehrerer literarischer Anthologien.

In this fifth installment in the critically acclaimed Irene Huss series, three men are found brutally executed in one of Goteborgs most fashionable neighborhoods. All three men were involved in an online poker company, but thats all they appear to have in common. The complex investigation immerses Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues into a world of expensive cars, fancy homes and impressive castles in the air. Meanwhile, the normally peaceful atmosphere of the Huss family is disturbed by marital tension as Irene suspects her husband Krister of a having an affair with a younger woman.

In this sixth installment in the critically acclaimed Swedish crime series, the murder of a young ballerina named Sophie, apparently an arson victim, sets off shrill alarm bells for Detective Inspector Irene Huss, who remembers the matching details of an unsolved case from fifteen years earlier, when Irene had only just started in the police force. The stepfather of the then eight-year-old Sophie has been murdered in a very similar way, and at the time the girl herself had been under suspicions. The circumstances force Irene and her colleagues to confront an uncomfortable question: can a child be responsible for the cold-blooded murder of an adult? The case awakens vivid memories that take the reader back to Irenes days as a young police officer.

The fourth investigation in the nationally bestselling Swedish detective seriesWhen one of his teachers fails to show up for work, a high school principal calls his friend on the Goteborg police force. To Detective Inspector Irene Husss surprise, her boss takes thecomplaint seriously, even bringing her with him to a remote cottage in southern Sweden to investigate. There they discover the body of the teacher in question, victim of a rifle shot to the head. When they visit his parents to break the news, they find the couple dead in their bed, each shot between the eyes. The familys sole surviving member, their daughter in London, is too grief-stricken for questioning. A swath of suspects arises as Irene investigates, but she has a hunch the answers to this case lie in England.

A speeding BMW leaves a dead pedestrian in its wake and leads police to the corpse of a young girl in a cellar. Detective Inspector Irene Husss ensuing investigation draws her into the chilling world of sex trafficking.Goteborg, Sweden: The 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 the man whose car was stolena retired police officeris none other than the victim in the hit-and-run. Could it be a strange coincidence? Or is something larger at play? Meanwhile, the hunt for the girls killer leads Irene into the dark world of sex trafficking. An international criminal has arrived in Goteborg, and hell stop at nothing to expand his sinister operation.

In this final installment of the internationally bestselling Irene Huss investigations, the Organized Crimes Unit pairs with the Violent Crimes Unit to help defuse the escalating tension between rival gangs in Goteborg, Sweden. But could there be a mole on the force who is thwarting their efforts?The gang warfare that has been brewing in Goteborg is about to explode. A member of a notorious biker gang has been set on firealive. Even in a culture where ritual killings are common, this brutal assault attracts the attention of both Irenes unit and the Organized Crimes Unit. Anticipating a counterattack, the two units team up to patrol the lavish party of a rival gang, but that doesnt stop another murder from occurring just outside the event hall.And thats not the only thing going up in flames. Someone has planted a bomb under Irenes husbands car. Fearing for her familys safety, Irene sends her husband and daughters into hiding and takes up residence at a colleagues apartment. Still, she cant shake the feeling that she is being stalked. Somehow, the gangs are always one step ahead of the police. Someone is leaking information. But who? Irenes life depends on discovering the answer.

The fourth investigation in the nationaly bestselling Swedish detective seriesIrene Huss is a former jujitsu champion, a mother of twin teenage girls, the wife of a successful chef, and a Detective Inspector in the Violent Crimes Unit in Goteborg, Sweden. And now shes back in the gripping follow-up to Detective Inspector Huss. One nurse lies dead and another vanishes after a local hospital is hit by a blackout. The only witness claims to have seen Nurse Tekla doing her rounds, but Nurse Tekla died sixty years ago. Irene Huss has the challenge of disentangling wandering ghosts and complex human relationships to get to the bottom of this intriguing case.

One of the most prominent citizens of Goteborg, 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 victims hidden past, they are dragged into Swedens seamy underworld of street gangs, struggling immigrants, and neo-Nazis in order to catch the killer.

Helene Turstens explosive new series features Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom, a sharp, unforgiving woman working in a mans world. When one of her peers is murdered during a routine hunting trip, Embla must track down the killer while confronting a dark incident from her past.Twenty-eight-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts ever since she can remember. She has learned to channel most of her anxious energy into her position as Detective Inspector in the mobile unit in Gothenburg, Sweden, and into sports. A talented hunter and prizewinning Nordic welterweight, she is glad to be taking a vacation from her high-stress job to attend the annual moose hunt with her family and friends. But when Embla arrives at her uncles cabin in rural Dalsland, she sees an unfamiliar face has joined the group: Peter, enigmatic, attractive, and newly divorced. And she isnt the only one to notice. One longtime member of the hunt doesnt welcome the presence of an outsider and is quick to point out that with Peter, the groups number reaches thirteen, a bad omen for the week. Sure enough, a string of unsettling incidents follow, culminating in the disappearance of two hunters. Embla takes charge of the search, and they soon find one of the missing men floating facedown in the nearby lake. With the help of local reinforcements, Embla delves into the dark pasts of her fellow hunters in search of a killer.

When a new lead breaks in the cold case that has long haunted Swedish Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom, the truth shes been seeking about her best friends disappearance may finally be revealedif it doesnt kill her first.One winter night, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom receives a phone call that sends her reeling. Its 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 callthis time from a relative. A man has been found shot dead in one of the guest houses he and his wife manage in rural Sweden. Could she come take a look? When Embla arrives on the scene, she receives another shock. The dead man is Milo Stavic, a well-known gang member and one of the last people seen with Lollo. And, as Embla soon learns, the same night that Milo was shot in the guest house, his brother Luca was also killed. Why, after all these years, is someone targeting the Stavic brothers, and where is the third brother? With help from a handsome local detective and his police dog in training, Embla launches an investigation into the three Stavic brothers, hoping it will bring her closer to finally finding Lollo and putting an end to her terrible nightmares.

Its 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 theres the mummified body that is discovered bricked up in a chimney on a demolition site, not to mention the citys ongoing problem with gang violence. With the sudden influx of cases and one detective out on maternity leave, everyone is stretched thin. To make matters worse, Irene feels more than a little intimidated by the new superintendent, Efva Thylqvist, who uses her sex appeal and smooth talking to bend the predominately male staff to her will.Then a second young girl is found, wearing what appears to be the other half of the sexy lingerie set recovered near the first body. Fearing the two cases are linked and that the killer may strike again, Irene and her colleagues embark on a desperate hunt that takes them deep into a shadowy world of anonymous online predators and insecure teenage girls on a deadly quest for affirmation.

In this thrilling mystery set in rural Sweden, Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom must solve a murder case and find two missing children before the small town takes matters into their own hands.When a little girl disappears a few weeks before Christmas, suspicion falls on the last person she was seen with: the teenage loner 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 Stromstad reach an all-time high. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom has just returned to work and is still recovering from her recent brush with a killer, which left her unable to get back in the ring to defend her title of Nordic light welterweight champion. As she hunts for the missing children, Embla cant help but think of the case that has been haunting her for years: the disappearance of her childhood best friend. Could the incidents be linked? With the passing of each dark winter day, the odds of finding the children alive shrink, and desperation mounts. Their parents want answers and will stop at nothing to get them.

The chilling third installment in the critically acclaimed Detective Inspector Huss seriesA partial torso washes up on a Swedish beach, so mutilated that gender is only established through DNA testing. Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Goteborg Police liaises with her Danish counterparts, who have a similar unsolved murder in their files. But when people connected to Irene start turning up dead, she fears she might be next.

These days Scandinavian crime writers are thick on the ground. Its nice to see that the women can be just as bloodthirsty as the men. The New York Times Book ReviewHe 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. Just a few days before her death, the victim had received a flower, an unintelligible note, and a photograph of herself. Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues on the Violent Crimes Unit in Goteborg, Sweden, have neither clue nor motive to pursue, and when similar murders follow, their search for the killer becomes increasingly desperate. Meanwhile, strange things have been going on at home for Irene: first the rose bush in her garden is mangled, then she receives a threatening package with no return address. Is Irene being paranoid, or is she next on the killers list?

Dont let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet. 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. Though Maud 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 to follow her. In these six interlocking stories, memories of unfortunate incidents from Mauds past keep bubbling to the surface. Meanwhile, certain Problems in the present require immediate attention. Luckily, Maud is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands . . . even if it means she has to get a little blood on them in the process.*Includes cookie recipes*