title: The Glass Devil
author:  Helene Tursten 
description: Swedish author Tursten's taut third contemporary police procedural (after 2006's <i>The Torso</i>) opens with a compelling setup: after Det. Insp. Irene Huss and her team find Jacob Schyttelius, a divorced teacher, shot to death in his isolated cottage, his computer monitor marked with a bloody Satanic symbol, they visit his parents, Sten and Elsa, only to find them dead as well and with the same markings on their computer. The data on both machines was erased professionally, and the only viable lead, Jacob's London-based sister, Rebecka, is too devastated by the dual tragedy to offer much assistance. Huss focuses her inquiry on Sten, a minister who had been investigating a local Satanist movement, in the belief that he may have been killed in revenge. The solution is both logical and depressing. Tursten does her usual solid job of populating the novel with credible, flawed characters and bringing to life modern Swedish society. <i>(Apr.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  The Glass Devil
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **ALSO BY THE AUTHOR**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Detective Inspector Huss_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _The Torso_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Glass Devil
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Helene Tursten
  
  
  
  
  
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  **Translated by**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Katarina E. Tucker**  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2003 by Helene Tursten. Pubished by agreement with Alfa-beta
  Bokforlag, Stocklholm and Leonhardt & Hoier Literary Agency, Copenhagen. First
  published in Sweden under the title _Glasdjävulen_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Translation copyright © 2007 by Katarina E. Tucker.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published in the English language in the United States in 2007
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  by Soho Press, Inc.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  853 Broadway
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  New York, NY 10003
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tursten, Helene. 1954–
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Glasdjävulen. Engl