The Treacherous Net
Helene Tursten
ISBN: 9781616954024
Published: December, 2015
Pricing
Paperback $15.95
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Description
It’s May and the snow has hardly melted in Göteborg, 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 there’s the body that is discovered on a demolition site, not to mention the city’s ongo...
It’s May and the snow has hardly melted in Göteborg, 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 there’s the body that is discovered on a demolition site, not to mention the city’s ongoing gang violence. With the sudden influx of cases and one detective out on maternity leave, everyone is stretched thin.
Then a second young girl is found. Fearing the two cases are linked and that the killer may strike again, Irene and he 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.
Media
“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
“As good as Louise Welsh's similarly creepy tour of Glasgow.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Fans of the big-name Scandinavian crime-fiction writers (Mankell, Larsson, Nesbø) will be delighted to discover there are already eight books in Tursten’s intriguing series. ”
—Booklist on The Treacherous Net
“Göteborg's Violent Crimes Unit never has a nice day... DI Irene Huss remains appealingly unflappable under pressure.”
–Kirkus on The Treacherous Net
“Huss is nobody’s fool, and she deftly maneuvers her way toward center stage ... If you like Scandinavian mysteries, this will be right up your alley. ”
—Bruce Tierney, BookPage on The Treacherous Net
“If Swedish crime has a crowd of gloomy detectives in one corner and a bunch of unlikely crimes in picturesque settings in the other, Tursten plants her flag in the middle: in a place where most of us live. Translator Marlaine Delargy does justice to this author’s straightforward prose style.”
–Scandinavian Crime Fiction on The Treacherous Net
“The Treacherous Net is an entertaining read in a very strong and very highly recommended series.”
–Kittling Books
“The Treacherous Net is most accomplished in its plot, with several threads exploring history, long-standing social stigmas and the power of the Internet. This fast-paced, gritty thriller offers both a dark story and a striking hero.”
—Shelf Awareness
“The Huss books combine solid police procedural elements with echoes of a traditional mystery that have great appeal to readers of both genres. ”
—Bookreporter.com on The Treacherous Net
“Excellent ... incisive ... The most affecting aspect of this police procedural? Watching the detectives — several of whom have daughters of their own — confront the realities behind what made the victims so vulnerable, realities that cross class and socioeconomic lines. ”