Helene Tursten

Eighty-eight-year-old Maud lives alone in Gothenburg and values her peace above all. Beneath her sweet grandmotherly exterior lies a cunning mind ready to eliminate obstacles -- permanently.

Maud er næsten 90 år gammel, og opsøger aldrig problemer, men problemerne synes altid at finde hende. Først fik en kvinde i hendes opgang en alt for tidlig død, og derefter dukkede der på mystisk vis et lig op i hendes lejlighed. Det lokale politi i Göteborg efterforsker sagen, og da mistanken falder på Maud, beslutter hun sig for at forlade byen og spendere penge på en rejse til Sydafrika. Visse problemer er dog temmelig svære at slippe af med, men heldigvis er Maud ikke bleg for at tage sagen i egen hånd. OBS! Inkluderer opskrift på småkager!Ældre dame Nok er Maud næsten 90 år gammel, men du skal ikke lade dig narre! Forstyrrer nogen hendes fredelige tilværelse, har den ældre dame et par tricks i ærmet, før hun er klar til at give op."Delisciously noir" The New York Times"A Swedish cult favorite" The Boston GlobeDen svenske krimiforfatter Helene Tursten (f. 1954) er uddannet sygeplejerske og tandlæge, men debuterede i 1998 med ”Den knuste tang-hest”. Siden har Tursten været forfatter på fuld tid. Hendes bøger er oversat til blandt andet norsk, dansk, engelsk og tysk, og flere af dem er filmatiseret.

Maud er 88 år, men alt andet end svagelig. Hun er knivskarp, udstyret med et iltert temperament og går ikke af vejen for at begå et lille mord, hvis nogen forstyrrer hendes fredelige tilværelse. Siden sin fars alt for tidlige død, har Maud boet gratis i familiens kæmpestore lejlighed i centrum af Göteborg, takket være en mindre klausul i lejekontrakten. Her lever hun i fred og ro. Når hun ikke er ude at rejse verden rundt, surfer hun på internettet og er i det hele taget godt tilfreds med sin fredelige tilværelse. Da en lokal berømthed flytter ind i ejendommen og får et godt øje til Mauds store lejlighed, er Maud ikke bleg for at tage sagen i egen hånd. For selvom hun nærmer sig de 90, har den ældre dame stadig et par tricks i ærmet, før hun er klar til at give op."Deliciously noir ..." New York Times"Witty ... All pay the ultimate price for outraging this dangerous octogenarian" The Wall Street JournalÆldre dame Maud er næsten 90 år gammel, men du skal ikke lade dig narre! Forstyrrer nogen hendes fredelige tilværelse, har den ældre dame et par tricks i ærmet, før hun er klar til at give op."Deliciously noir ..." New York Times"Witty ... All pay the ultimate price for outraging this dangerous octogenarian" The Wall Street JournalHelene Tursten (f. 1954) bor i Göteborg og er forfatter til krimiserierne om Irene Huss og Embla Nyström. Historierne om Maud er hendes debut som novelleforfatter. Turstens bøger er oversat til 25 sprog.

Kriminalinspektør Embla Nyström er på ferie i det nordlige Dalsland, da hun får et opkald fra sin morbrors fætter. Han har fundet en død mand i en af sine udlejningshytter. Da Embla når frem, ser hun, at der er tale om en likvidering, og at den afdøde er en af de største bandeledere af organiseret kriminalitet i Sverige. Han er også en af dem, der mistænkes for at stå bag hendes ungdomsvenindes forsvinden fjorten år tidligere. En sag, der forblev uopklaret. Kort efter bliver flere personer i gangsterbossens inderkreds fundet myrdet.Kan jagten på de skyldige give Embla svar på, hvad der skete dengang? Er der en chance for, at hendes veninde stadig lever?Embla Nyström”Snefald” er tredje fritstående bog i den svenske krimiserie om Embla Nyström efter ”Jagtmark” og ”Sandgrav”.Helene Tursten (f. 1954) er en svensk krimiforfatter. Hun er uddannet sygeplejerske og tandlæge, men debuterede i 1998 med ”Den knuste tang-hest” og er siden blevet forfatter på fuld tid. Hun fik hurtigt en stor læserskare, hendes bøger er oversat til blandt andet norsk, dansk, engelsk og tysk, og mange af dem er desuden filmatiseret.

Don't let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet. Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed to follow her. In these six interlocking stories, memories of unfortunate incidents from Maud's past keep bubbling to the surface, each triggered by something around her: an image, a word--even a taste. Meanwhile, certain Problems in the present require immediate attention. Luckily, Maud is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands . . . even if it means she has to get a little blood on them in the process. *Includes cookie recipes*

When a new lead breaks in the cold case that has long haunted Swedish Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m, the truth she's been seeking about her best friend's disappearance may finally be revealed--if it doesn't kill her first. One winter night, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m receives a phone call that sends her reeling. It's been fourteen years since her best friend disappeared from a nightclub in Gothenburg, but Embla recognizes her voice before the call abruptly disconnects. Embla is thrilled to learn Lollo is still alive, but before she can dive into the case, she gets another phone call--this time from a relative. A man has been found shot dead in one of the guest houses he and his wife manage in rural Sweden. Could she come take a look? When Embla arrives on the scene, she receives another shock. The dead man is Milo Stavic, a well-known gang member and one of the last people seen with Lollo. And, as Embla soon learns, the same night that Milo was shot in the guest house, his brother Luca was also killed. Why, after all these years, is someone targeting the Stavic brothers, and where is the third brother? With help from a handsome local detective and his police dog in training, Embla launches an investigation into the three Stavic brothers, hoping it will bring her closer to finally finding Lollo and putting an end to her terrible nightmares.

In this thrilling mystery set in rural Sweden, Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m must solve a murder case and find two missing children before the small town takes matters into their own hands. When a little girl disappears a few weeks before Christmas, suspicion falls on the last person she was seen with: the mentally disabled teenage boy who gave her a ride home after school. Complicating the matter is the fact that detectives can hardly get a word out of him. When a second child disappears and a police officer is found dead, tensions in the small town of Str mstad reach an all-time high. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m has just returned to work and is still recovering from her recent brush with a killer, which left her unable to get back in the ring to defend her title of Nordic light welterweight champion. As she hunts for the missing children, Embla can't help but think of the case that has been haunting her for years: the disappearance of her childhood best friend. Could the incidents be linked? With the passing of each dark winter day, the odds of finding the children alive shrink, and desperation mounts. Their parents want answers and will stop at nothing to get them.

Helene Tursten's explosive new series features Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m, 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 Nystr m 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.

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home. Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father's ancient armchair. It's a solitary existence, but she likes it that way. Over the course of her adventures--or misadventures--this little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud's apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover, and dispose of some pesky neighbors. But when the local authorities are called to investigate a murder in her apartment complex, will Maud be able to avoid suspicion, or will Detective Inspector Irene Huss see through her charade?

In this final installment of the internationally bestselling Irene Huss investigations, the Organized Crimes Unit pairs with the Violent Crimes Unit to help defuse the escalating tension between rival gangs in G teborg, Sweden. But could there be a mole on the force who is thwarting their efforts? The gang warfare that has been brewing in G teborg is about to explode. A member of a notorious biker gang has been set on fire--alive. Even in a culture where ritual killings are common, this brutal assault attracts the attention of both Irene's unit and the Organized Crimes Unit. Anticipating a counterattack, the two units team up to patrol the lavish party of a rival gang, but that doesn't stop another murder from occurring just outside the event hall. And that's not the only thing going up in flames. Someone has planted a bomb under Irene's husband's car. Fearing for her family's safety, Irene sends her husband and daughters into hiding and takes up residence at a colleague's apartment. Still, she can't shake the feeling that she is being stalked. Somehow, the gangs are always one step ahead of the police. Someone is leaking information. But who? Irene's life depends on discovering the answer.

"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 He watches the women from the shadows. He has an understanding with them: As long as they follow his rules, they are safe. But when they sin, he sentences them to death. A woman is found dead in a cemetery, strangled and covered in plastic. Just a few days before her death, the victim had received a flower, an unintelligible note, and a photograph of herself. Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues on the Violent Crimes Unit in G teborg, Sweden, have neither clue nor motive to pursue, and when similar murders follow, their search for the killer becomes increasingly desperate. Meanwhile, strange things have been going on at home for Irene: first the rose bush in her garden is mangled, then she receives a threatening package with no return address. Is Irene being paranoid, or is she next on the killer's list?

It's May and the snow has hardly melted in G teborg, 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 mummified body that is discovered bricked up in a chimney on a demolition site, not to mention the city's ongoing problem with gang violence. With the sudden influx of cases and one detective out on maternity leave, everyone is stretched thin. To make matters worse, Irene feels more than a little intimidated by the new superintendent, Efva Thylqvist, who uses her sex appeal and smooth talking to bend the predominately male staff to her will. Then a second young girl is found, wearing what appears to be the other half of the sexy lingerie set recovered near the first body. Fearing the two cases are linked and that the killer may strike again, Irene and her 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.