A wealthy young woman has arrived home with her infant son to find her
husband shot to death. DI Irene Huss and DI Tommy Persson are sent to
investigate. Their prime suspect is the wife. Time and motive both
point towards her. The pathologist's report indicates that the victim
had had a vasectomy, so he couldn't have been the father of his wife's
child.
The murder of two other men in similar circumstances seem to tie in with
the first victim. A solid connection is made when it is determined
that one of the victims was closely tied to the wife of the first
victim. As the team investigates, more and more ties amongst the
victims and a man who had disappeared earlier are found. Huss and
another member of her team are sent to Paris to investigate the
apartment where the latter two victims lived.
While in the apartment, Huss and her colleague, Kajsa, are attacked.
Kajsa suffers a concussion and is hospitalised. Huss is interrogated
by a local policeman, and receives some information from him later in
the day. She returns to the apartment on her own later that evening and
is shot at. Fortunately she escapes unscathed.
Back in Sweden, Huss and the team find more information pointing to
financial corruption amongst the victims. Huss and Persson also
discover that each of the victims has been experiencing extortion,
however something doesn't add up for Huss.
Author Helene Tursten has written an intense murder mystery that is full of international intrigue. A very good read.
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