Detective Inspector Huss: A Huss Investigation set in Sweden, Vol. 1

One of the most prominent citizens of Göteborg, 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 victim's hidden past, they are dragged into Sweden's seamy underworld of street gangs, struggling immigrants, and neo-Nazis in order to catch the killer. "Add the voice of Helen Tursten to the list of mystery writers who know how to craft a truly satisfying police procedural."? -- Washington Post Book World "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."? -- From the Trade Paperback edition "Detective Inspector Irene Huss is an investigator assigned to the Violent Crimes Unit in Goteborg, Sweden. She is a wife and mother, her husband is a chef and she has twin daughters and also a judo champion and an avowed feminist in a police department which is still adjusting to the presence of women as officers."--Jacket