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The Golden Calf (2002)

by Helene Tursten(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1616950080 (ISBN13: 9781616950088)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Soho Crime

series

Inspector Huss

review 1: A suspenseful murder mystery. I really enjoyed the depth of Tursten's characters and twists and turns in the plot lines. Every chapter unveiled more details in Detective Huss's homicide case that made the prospect of pinning down the suspect seem even more impossible as more characters and their motives are called into question. The cast of characters--ranging from investment bankers, a wealthy heiress, software developers, and mafia family members-- showcase the worst that can happen when greed and dishonesty take over in their search for wealth, which in the end they really don't find. I think Tursten aims to show us that the search for money isn't what leads one to happiness and fulfillment. To makes it even more interesting Tursten throws in the workplace gossip that... more takes place at the police station as if you were a colleague of Det. Huss. Tursten takes the audience through the types of questions must be asked during investigations and the detective's line of thinking. Apparently Tursten was once a nurse before becoming a novelist and having worked as a nurse I can identify portions of this book where Tursten must have applied her critical thinking skills to write this novel. In some ways a nurse is so much like a detective in that she must identify the problems her patient is experiencing and ask critical questions and pull together bits and pieces of evidence to draw a complete picture of the situation. Definitely an exciting read.
review 2: I like this series in general. Irene Huss, the main character, is a very down-to-earth nice person who doesn't have the usual loner-detective neuroses, yet at the same time, she's not boring, and it's fun to learn about Swedish society while reading the books. That said, I felt a bit cheated at the end of this particular book, which was humming along until our heroine and her partners captured the guy who had done the killings, and then a deus ex machina from the FBI comes in at the end to explain to the Swedes what it all meant. I think Tursten didn't really know how to end the book, and this was a cop-out (no pun intended). less

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