Helene Tursten
1 workpublishing since 2026
Helene Tursten is a Swedish crime writer, born in 1954 in Gothenburg. A former nurse and dentist, she created Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Gothenburg police, heroine of a long series of novels adapted for Swedish television, and later the young detective Embla Nyström. She is also known abroad for her darkly comic stories about Maud, an elderly lady who will stop at nothing, collected in Up to No Good: The Complete Elderly Lady Stories (Soho Crime, 2026).
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Helene Tursten is a Swedish crime writer, born in 1954 in Gothenburg. A former nurse and dentist, she created Detective Inspector Irene Huss of the Gothenburg police, heroine of a long series of novels adapted for Swedish television, and later the young detective Embla Nyström. She is also known abroad for her darkly comic stories about Maud, an elderly lady who will stop at nothing, collected in Up to No Good: The Complete Elderly Lady Stories (Soho Crime, 2026).
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1 work · 20262026
- ReleasedOct 6Up to No GoodHardcover