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eBook $9.99
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Description
Helene Tursten's explosive new series features Detective Inspector Embla Nyström, a sharp, unforgiving woman working in a man's 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 Nyström ...
Helene Tursten’s explosive new series features Detective Inspector Embla Nyström, a sharp, unforgiving woman working in a man’s 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 Nyström 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 uncle’s cabin in rural Dalsland, she sees an unfamiliar face has joined the group: Peter, enigmatic, attractive, and newly divorced. And she isn’t the only one to notice. One longtime member of the hunt doesn’t welcome the presence of an outsider and is quick to point out that with Peter, the group’s 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.
Media
“A Criminal Element Best of the Month Book of February 2019. ”
“As good as Louise Welsh's similarly creepy tour of Glasgow.”
—Gillian Flynn, 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
“A breathless thriller that’s impossible to put down. I was fascinated by Embla, a credible and complex character who is hiding secrets ... A great reading experience. ”
—Anna Jansson, author of the Maria Wern series
“[An] outstanding series launch....Embla is a refreshingly capable lead, whose situational ethics means that she doesn’t feel she must do everything by the book.”
–Publishers Weekly, Starred Review on Hunting Game
“Embla, still plagued by nightmares about losing her teenage best friend, is a sharp, willful, though emotionally vulnerable detective. Fans of the Huss novels in particular and Nordic noir in general will want to follow this series from its start.”
-Booklist, Starred Review on Hunting Game
“Haunted, driven, immensely human and highly trained as a hunter and tracker, Embla is a winning new Scandinavian noir lead.”
-Jane Ciabattari, BBC Culture, The Literary Hub on The Hunting Game
“Impetuous and physical...[Embla is] a bright light among young Swedish cop characters.”
–Toronto Star on Hunting Game
“Fellow Irene Huss fans, never fear. I think you're going to like Embla.”
–Kittling Books on Hunting Game
“Policewoman and prizewinning Nordic welterweight, Embla is a badass. Yes, she’s smart and strong—but also refreshingly complicated and flawed...and you couldn’t have a better setting for a chilling mystery than the Nordic wilderness.”
–Book Riot on Hunting Game
“Solid and absorbing...Tursten takes her time staging the story, focusing on fine descriptions of her rugged setting and the engaging, tough young detective.”
–Adam Woog, The Seattle Times on Hunting Game
“[A] saisfying series debut...Swedish author Helene Tursten, well known for her books featuring the steadfast Detective Inspector Irene Huss, introduces a different sort of hero in Hunting Game.”