The Golden Calf, Helene Tursten
The Golden Calf, Helene Tursten
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The Golden Calf
A Detective Inspector Irene Huss Investigation

Author: Helene Tursten, Laura A. Wideburg

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2013

Synopsis

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.

About Helene Tursten

Helene Tursten is a Swedish author who was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. She is the author of the Irene Huss series, the Embla Nystrom series; and the Elderly Lady series of connected short stories. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages and made into a television series.

About Suzanne Toren

Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elisa

My first Huss novel, it didn't matter that I hadn't read previous volumes, as the group dynamics are easy to follow. I enjoyed the procedural aspect, hated the main suspect-potential victim, and liked the team of investigators. The resolution comes a bit as a Deus ex Machina, with an implausible vis......more

Goodreads review by Michael

I was disappointed. This is my 5th Inspector Huss novel and it started off with a Joe Friday bent, dry, clipped, "Just the facts, ma'am." prose. Not what Ms. Tursten has given her readers in previous books. Then along comes just short of halfway into the book and the afterburners took over and Inspe......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Complex plot and solutions with enough happening in personal lives of characters to keep things interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Holger

Ein weiteres mit Irene... 😉......more

Quotes

“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 the series

“As good as Louise Welsh’s similarly creepy tour of Glasgow.” Entertainment Weekly, praise for the series

“Finely crafted novels” Denver Post

“Both readers new to the series and avid fans will enjoy investigating this puzzling case with Inspector Huss.” Library Journal

“Compelling characters and steady suspense make this a fine Nordic crime novel in the spirit of Henning Mankell and Karin Fossum.” Booklist

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