The Golden Calf

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In this fifth installment in the critically acclaimed Irene Huss series, three men are found brutally executed in one of Goteborg's most fashionable neighborhoods. All three men were involved in an online poker company, but that's 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.ReviewPraise for the Irene Huss series:"As good as Louise Welsh's similarly creepy tour of Glasgow."—Entertainment Weekly"These days Scandinavian crime writers are thick on the ground. It's nice to see that the women can be just as bloodthirsty as the men." ─The New York Times Book ReviewPraise for Night Rounds:"A superior Scandinavian crime novel.... Tursten does an outstanding job of offering multiple plausible murders, making this the rare procedural that actually requires the reader to evaluate alibis, motives, and means to solve thecase." ─Publishers Weekly, Starred Reveiw"I couldn't put down this finely crafted, Swedish procedural with its complex story line and heart-stopping climax." ─Library JournalAbout the AuthorHelene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. Other books in the Irene Huss series include Detective Inspector Huss, The Torso, The Glass Devil, and Night Rounds. She was born in Goteborg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.