The Fire Dance, Helene Tursten
The Fire Dance, Helene Tursten
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The Fire Dance

Author: Helene Tursten

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2014

Synopsis

Detective Inspector Irene Huss hasnt seen Sophie Malmborg for over fifteen years, but shes still haunted by the strange young ballerinas role in the fire that killed her stepfather. Why had she refused to speak to Irene and the other case workers? Could an eleven-year-oldeven one as disturbed and aloof as Sophietruly be capable of setting her own house on fire? Irenes questions resurface fifteen years later, when Sophie disappears and the charred remains of a dancer are found in an abandoned warehouse. Irene has a startling realization that could shed light on the case that has been lingering in the back of her mind since the beginning of her career.

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 Michelle F on February 05, 2020

Scandinavian Literature usually requires a period of adjustment for my Western-centric brain, but this one had a short acclimation period. Perfectly passable procedural mystery. It may well have been fair play, I think. For someone who hasn't read any of the previous books (like me,) the personal tou......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on December 30, 2014

I have read several of the Irene Huss mysteries and this one does not disappoint. It takes place in two separate time periods, one fifteen years ago, and the other right now. Irene is investigating the arson death of a dancer named Sophie who was burned alive. Sophie's death reminds Irene of a fire......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 01, 2017

Long walk for a short drink of water. A slight plot padded with painstakingly detailed description s of every scene leading to an unsatisfying conclusion. Not her best effort.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 31, 2020

Inspector Irene Huss has become a favorite of mine. Ms. Trusten has developed a character in depth who uses intuitive deduction to come to a conclusion but she's also human and subject to mistakes. In short, she has the aspects of a real individual. She's a mother of twin girls who are now young lad......more

Goodreads review by Nightwitch on December 16, 2020

This series is interesting, because the mysteries themselves are sometimes unnecessarily convoluted and/or predictable and Irene's not actually always the greatest policewoman in the world, but her friends and family are great.......more

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