Hunting Game, Helene Tursten
Hunting Game, Helene Tursten
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Hunting Game

Author: Helene Tursten

Narrator: Stina Nielsen

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/26/2019

Synopsis

The first installment in Helene Tursten's brand new series featuring the strong, smart Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom. From a young age, 28-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts. Though she still develops unhealthy fixations and makes rash decisions from time to time, 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 prize-winning 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, an enigmatic young divorce. And she isn't the only one to take 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 men from a neighboring group of hunters. Embla takes charge of the search, and they soon find one of the missing men floating facedown in the nearby lake, his arm tightly wedged between two rocks. Just what she needs on her vacation. With the help of local reinforcements, Embla delves into the dark pasts of her fellow hunters in search of a killer.

About Helene Tursten

Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. She is the author of the Irene Huss series, including Detective Inspector Huss, Night Rounds, Who Watcheth, and Protected by the Shadows; the Embla Nystrom series; and the short story collection An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages and made into a television series. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kasa on January 06, 2019

The only reason to read this book would be the descriptions of life in the Swedish upper echelons where hunting cabins and traditions are part of the social network. That was well done. The characters and criminal plotlines are murky, ill defined, and never come to life. The bad guy is apparent from......more

Goodreads review by Chandra on December 02, 2018

3.5 Stars I've always been a fan of Nordic Noir and strong female leads. I love that while Embla is a police officer, this is less police procedural and more about her life outside of it... and on a hunting trip no less. I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of hunting - however, I can see past it if the hun......more

Goodreads review by Mara on December 06, 2020

I quite enjoy Tursten's writing style and the overall atmosphere of this book (I don't think I've read a mystery on a moose hunting trip before!), but the characters were kind of nondescript and I did not like the overall plot (the villain was rather mustache twirly)......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on March 23, 2019

I read this book to the end, so it held my interest in a tense sort of way. I have never tried this author's Inspector Irene Huss books, but when I picked this one up at the library I also selected one Huss for good measure. Apparently there is a television series made featuring that character. There......more

Goodreads review by Craig on December 17, 2018

This is a story of a hunt in Sweden gone wrong. The lead character, a female detective, is very human and does not have a handle on her life or human nature. The plot line is not well developed and the bad guy is very obvious early on. Overall, the story is readable but can get dry in parts.......more

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