The murder of Kjell B:son Ceder, the so-called restaurant king of Göteborg, kicks off Tursten’s complex and compelling fifth Det. Insp. Irene Huss investigation to be published in the U.S. (after 2012’s Night Rounds). Someone shot Ceder in the head twice at point-blank range. Suspicion initially focuses on his much younger wife, Sanna, who stands to inherit Ceder’s fortune, but subsequent events force Huss and her colleagues to reconsider. Two other men are found murdered in the exact same way shortly after the first killing, and all three deaths may have a connection with a three-year-old financial scandal. The press had dubbed one of the other victims, Philip Bergman, as “the Golden Calf” for his facility in attracting business investors. Once again, the doggedly effective Huss proves herself a capable and sympathetic lead in the service of yet another clever plot that effortlessly meshes police procedural and whodunit. Agent: Anneli Høier, Leonhardt & Høier Literary Agency. (Feb.)
The Golden Calf
Narrated by Suzanne Toren
Helene TurstenUnabridged — 11 hours, 25 minutes
The Golden Calf
Narrated by Suzanne Toren
Helene TurstenUnabridged — 11 hours, 25 minutes
Overview
In this fifth installment in the critically acclaimed Irene Huss series, three men are found brutally executed in one of Göteborg'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.
Editorial Reviews
Praise for The Golden Calf
"Huss and Persson are empathetic and attractive characters, willing to take the extra step to navigate the case’s Byzantine complexity."
—Adam Woog, The Seattle Times
"For decades the Swedes have excelled at crime fiction, which is often as gloomy as their long winter nights, filled with philosophical asides on life and politics. Procedure, rather than clues or flights of deductive fancy, are the usual hallmarks of a Scandinavian thriller. You'll find plenty of that in Helen Tursten's finely crafted novels but she also pays homage to the grand old form, down to a bit of old-fashioned alibi busting."
—Denver Post
"Compelling characters and steady suspense make this a fine Nordic crime novel in the spirit of Henning Mankell and Karin Fossum."
—Booklist
“Both readers new to the series and avid fans will enjoy investigating this puzzling case with Inspector Huss.”
—Library Journal
"If you are looking for an additional fix of Nordic crime fiction, I suggest you add Helene Tursten to your list.... The Golden Calf being more than a mystery; it is also, in part, a cautionary tale, one that resonates quietly long after the final paragraph is read."
—Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter.com
“The Golden Calf has a plot with more twists and turns than a mountain road high in the Andes, but while you're enjoying a devious storyline, there are always...characters that live and breathe on the page. Whenever I need a bit of a Scandinavian crime fix, it's always a pleasure to turn to Detective Inspector Irene Huss.”
—Kittling Books
Praise 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 Review
Praise 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 the case."
─Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
"I couldn't put down this finely crafted, Swedish procedural with its complex story line and heart-stopping climax."
─Library Journal
A wealthy restaurateur is found dead in his opulent loft in the woods. The following day, two venture capitalists are found dead in a G?teborg suburb. Three years ago another venture capitalist disappeared, after suddenly withdrawing all his funds, unmooring his boat, and setting off to sea. What do all these dead men have in common? All were shot by a small-caliber vanity handgun, and all were related via business or marriage to a beautiful blonde named Sanna Kaegler-Ceder. But is Sanna the murderer or one more potential victim? It is up to Swedish Insp. Irene Huss and her partner Tommy Persson to sift through the false leads, bank records, Sanna’s half-truths, and mounting body count to discover who exactly is behind the murderous mess.
Verdict The fourth book in Tursten’s series (after Night Rounds) is a well-crafted, if overwrought, keep-you-guessing mystery, stuffed full of intriguing characters, subplots, and extraneous details. Both readers new to the series and avid fans will enjoy investigating this puzzling case with Inspector Huss.—Jennifer Rogers, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community Coll. Lib., Richmond
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A fourth round of multiple homicides-cum–lesser felonies for DI Irene Huss and her colleagues and friends in Göteborg's Violent Crime Division (Night Rounds, 2012, etc.). Even Irene's husband, chef Krister Huss, knows who Kjell B:son [sic] Ceder is--the restaurant king of Göteborg--or was, until two well-placed bullets ended his life, leaving behind a widow who is alternately dry-eyed and hysterical and an unholy mess of domestic and financial double-dealing. Both Kjell and his much younger wife, Sanna Kaegler-Ceder, had carried on so many affairs that one mystery is why they ever got married. A second is whether Kjell's first wife, a shipping heiress killed in a sailing accident, was really a victim of foul play. The meatiest mystery of all concerns Sanna's Internet startup, ph.com, a brash high-end apparel retailer that had gone belly up in the dot-com crash of 2003. A closer look shows that ph.com was doomed from the first by both a highly unrealistic business model and the likelihood that at least one of its partners was emptying the till. Sanna's friend, financial consultant Joachim Rothstaahl, is soon shot as dead as her husband. So is her ex-partner Philip Bergman. Is it possible that Thomas Bonetti, the third founding partner, who's been missing since 2000, is behind the rash of embezzlement and murder? Has he been dead all along, the first casualty in a brutal housecleaning? And which member of this interlocking directorate is the father of Sanna's infant son? Interrogating the diminishing pool of suspects and focusing on the enigmatic Sanna provokes many revelations. But only a visit from an Amazonian FBI agent will dispel the last shadows. Monstrous Sanna is well worth Irene's trouble, but the kitchen-sink financial intrigue and deus ex machina windup may tax fans' patience.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169690743 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 11/01/2013 |
| Series: | Inspector Irene Huss Series , #5 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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