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    Who Watcheth
    Who Watcheth
    Who Watcheth
    Audiobook9 hours

    Who Watcheth

    Written by Helene Tursten

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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    About this audiobook

    He watches the women from the shadows. He has an understanding with them; as long as they follow his rules, they are safe. But when they sin, he sentences them to death. A woman is found dead in a cemetery, strangled and covered in plastic. Just a few days before her death, the victim had received a flower, an unintelligible note, and a photograph of herself. Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues on the Violent Crimes Unit in Goteborg, Sweden, have neither clue nor motive to pursue, and when similar murders follow, their search for the killer becomes increasingly desperate. Meanwhile, strange things have been going on at home for Irene: first the rose bush in her garden is mangled, then she receives a threatening package with no return address. Is Irene being paranoid, or is she next on the killer's list?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    TranslatorMarlaine Delargy
    Release dateApr 28, 2017
    ISBN9781501958915
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    • 3/5
      A murderous stalker seems to be targeting middle-aged women in Göteborg, and things get decidedly alarming when Irene begins to suspect that a series of unpleasant things that have happened to the Huss family lately may be connected: is the stalker watching her too?This one didn't seem to work quite so well - despite Tursten's best efforts, TV clichés are beginning to creep in, like the deliberately ambiguous passages in the stalker's voice interpolated between chapters, and the ridiculous creepy ending, after dark in a peat-bog. And the whole suspense depends on the cheap device of the police failing to ask an obvious question until the very last moment.
    • 4/5
      This is the eighth appearance by Detective Inspector Irene Huss, and it is a good solid police procedural. Detective Huss and her colleagues are trying to track down a serial killer who washes his victims and wraps them in plastic after he has strangled them -- the "Package Killer". The plot is full of twists and turns and interesting characters, including a victim who survived the killer's attack. In time, suspicion extends into the police force itself, creating some novel situations for Detective Huss. Meanwhile, her home life continues; one nice thing about this series is the fact that the central character is happily married, not dependent on alcohol, and fairly cheerful most of the time. Why then only three and a half stars? It would have been nice had the crimes been motivated by something other than that standard motive in Scandinavian mysteries -- religiously-linked mania. This is an involving thriller and a good read, it's just not as good as some of the earlier entrants in the series.
    • 4/5
      Helene Tursten's latest Irene Huss mystery is even leaner and meaner than previous novels. While changes continue to occur in the lives of empty nesters Irene and Krister, Irene is under a very real-- and very creepy-- threat. When no connections are found between the victims, it is steady, dogged police work that wins the day. Never give up. Keep knocking on doors. Keep asking questions. Keep going over and over the evidence for that one tiny clue that will break things wide open. There's something to be said for police officers in crime fiction who are lavishly endowed with intuition, but I also admire a never-say-die attitude and plenty of hard work. Tursten does an excellent job of ratcheting up the suspense in this very enjoyable police procedural, and Irene Huss continues to be one of my favorite characters. The author also addresses a couple of points that drive me crazy not only in crime fiction and film but in real life. Whether in a vehicle or on foot, you should always have good knowledge of your surroundings. Know the neighborhood in which you live. Don't travel the streets wearing earbuds or with your face buried in a cell phone. And for crying out loud, close your curtains when it gets dark! Don't provide any- and everyone with something they can't resist watching. I learned the hard way: no matter how uninteresting you may feel yourself to be, there is always someone who finds you fascinating. Tursten is well aware of these things, and she's used them to write an exciting tale that can make your skin crawl.
    • 4/5
      For those of you who are fans of the Swedish TV movies in the Irene Huss series (very few of you, I’m sure, but you should be), if you’ve watched Episode 7, you’ve seen a scaled down and revised version of Who Watcheth. On TV it was called Anyone Who Watches in the Dark. Published in Sweden in 2010, the book is only making its way to America in 2016.WhoWatchethTwo bodies have been discovered, the victims strangled with a commonly used cord, washed clean with some sort of detergent and wrapped in plastic. Forensics have found cat hairs on the tape around the plastic and some oil coating on the plastic as well. Initially, there seems to be no connection between the two victims other than the fact they are female and are in their mid-forties.A search also uncovers a survivor of a similar attack who is able to describe the form of attack as well as some characteristics of the attacker-strong, smelly. Certain occurrences are common to the two murders as well.Huss, Jonny Bloom, Fredrik et al of the Goteborg Police have their hands full.A side story concerns acts of vandalism and violence against Huss and her family. Considering Huss has her hands full investigating the strangulations, she’s ill prepared for handling her own issues. This side story is given short shrift in the televised version of the story.The ending of the story is actually one of my favorites and I’ll tell you I happen to like the TV ending better. Although they are very similar, they are not exactly the same.
    • 4/5
      He can be your guardian or your punisher depending on whether you follow his rules. Of course, that can be a bit challenging since you aren’t aware you’re being stalked.The 9th instalment in this series can be summed up with a big “eeewww” as we join Irene Huss & her team on the hunt for a serial killer in Goteborg. He has a preferred type & is fond of quoting the Old Testament but that’s just part of his twisted MO.Meanwhile Irene has a couple of other things on her plate. Weird stuff is happening around her home & it’s starting to get scary. And at work she has to deal with a superintendent who takes every opportunity to belittle her efforts. That may change when the case hits close to home.Like each book, this can be read as a stand alone. But there are long term relationships between these characters that are continually evolving & add so much to the plot. They have distinct & well developed personalities & part of the enjoyment comes from catching up with their story lines. It’s a proper police procedural that shows the hard work & frustration that goes into an investigation as they wait for a break. The side plots keep things moving at a steady pace as tension builds for a frightening showdown with a seriously creepy bad guy. Add a funny little dachshund named Egon & really….what more do you need?