A review by crowyhead
The Glass Devil by Helene Tursten

2.0

This was a disappointment. I don't know if it's in part the fault of the translation, but the whole book just seemed SO dead -- there was so little tension and excitement, even when the main character was kidnapped! There were also a lot of unrelated incidents (like the kidnapping) that I think were meant as red herrings but were instead just confusing -- I expected to get to the end and find out that some or all of them were related to the main story, but they just weren't, and moreover were barely mentioned again! Which is kind of bizarre. I read another Irene Huss mystery several years ago and remember quite liking it, but this one was really a dud. Too bad, too; I liked the idea of a female detective with a relatively stable family life who really likes to eat.