Helene Tursten
Encyclopedia
Helene Tursten is a Swedish
writer of crime fiction. The main character in her stories is Detective Inspector Irene Huss. Before becoming an author, Tursten worked as a nurse and then a dentist, but was forced to leave due to illness. During her illness she worked as a translator of medical articles.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
writer of crime fiction. The main character in her stories is Detective Inspector Irene Huss. Before becoming an author, Tursten worked as a nurse and then a dentist, but was forced to leave due to illness. During her illness she worked as a translator of medical articles.
Works
- Detective Inspector Huss ("Den krossade tanghästen" 1998, translated to English in 2003)
- The Torso ("Tatuerad torso" 2000, translated to English in 2006)
- The Glass Devil ("Glasdjävulen" 2002, translated to English in 2007)
External links
- Video introduction by Helene Tursten (in Swedish) to Irene Huss films made for Swedish TVKanal 5 (Sweden)Kanal 5 is a Swedish commercial television channel established in 1989. It is owned by the media corporation ProSiebenSat.1 Media.After a troublesome 1990s, Kanal 5 launched new strategies in the early 2000s that established it as a popular entertainment channel targeting young people...
. - Trailer for The Torso (in Swedish).
- Review of Detective Inspector Huss in January MagazineJanuary MagazineJanuary Magazine is a Web-based book-related publication. Founded by author Linda L. Richards and graphic artist/photographer David Middleton in 1997, January has added various sections and offshoot publications since....
.