The cops of Goteborg, Sweden, have their hands full when two joyriding kids, escaped from juvenile detention, run down a retired cop; near the crime scene, they find the corpse of a young girl. How these cases become linked, much to the dismay of Irene Huss and her team, is the core of Helene Tursten's The Beige Man.
For those in a post-Dragon Tattoo funk, Tursten's novel is a welcome addition to the Scandinavian mystery canon.
The Beige Man is a very tough, above average police procedural that focuses on organized crime and sex trafficking during a typically brutal Swedish winter. There is an eclectic group of detectives much like Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels; in fact, the lead detective, Huss, is reading an 87th Precinct book at one point.
All in all quite satisfying, with the title not explained until the very last page.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana, and will look for more of her writing.
For those in a post-Dragon Tattoo funk, Tursten's novel is a welcome addition to the Scandinavian mystery canon.
The Beige Man is a very tough, above average police procedural that focuses on organized crime and sex trafficking during a typically brutal Swedish winter. There is an eclectic group of detectives much like Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels; in fact, the lead detective, Huss, is reading an 87th Precinct book at one point.
All in all quite satisfying, with the title not explained until the very last page.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana, and will look for more of her writing.
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