A review by skinnypenguin
The Beige Man by Helene Tursten
4.0
A very involved mystery with several things happening at the same time. It starts off with a stolen car that hits a d kills a pedestrian and while searching for the suspects a young girl is found dead nearby. The hit and run victim is a retired policeman who was friends with the head of the investigating unit. Part of the unit is trying to find the drivers and the others are working on the girls death.
Irene Huss is involved in all of it and is dealing with things in her personal life. Her daughters are moving out, her mom is having health problems a d her husband is still dealing with some depression. Two of her coworkers are out sick and there is a lot of work piling up.
The young girl is found to have connections to sex trafficking and the team gets involved tracking some very unsavory characters who also are involved with drugs. They work with a other unit to help arrest these criminals but with no luck. It leads to gangs in Tenerife and Irene goes there to give information to the police there and gets caught up in some gang violence.
A few twists in the end. A bit of a tough subject with the sex trafficking and the way the girls are treated. The author did a good job of handling this subject. Like the interaction between the different members of the police unit. Good job showing each person's strengths and weaknesses.
Enjoyed the book. Have read quite a few in this series and look forward to reading more.
Irene Huss is involved in all of it and is dealing with things in her personal life. Her daughters are moving out, her mom is having health problems a d her husband is still dealing with some depression. Two of her coworkers are out sick and there is a lot of work piling up.
The young girl is found to have connections to sex trafficking and the team gets involved tracking some very unsavory characters who also are involved with drugs. They work with a other unit to help arrest these criminals but with no luck. It leads to gangs in Tenerife and Irene goes there to give information to the police there and gets caught up in some gang violence.
A few twists in the end. A bit of a tough subject with the sex trafficking and the way the girls are treated. The author did a good job of handling this subject. Like the interaction between the different members of the police unit. Good job showing each person's strengths and weaknesses.
Enjoyed the book. Have read quite a few in this series and look forward to reading more.