Detective Inspector Huss Quotes

“Again the problem of attitudes toward middle-aged, competent women. Why were they so intimidating?”
― Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss

“Irene couldn’t help stopping to admire its shimmering gold pattern, which depicted a beautiful tree with birds and stylized animals, surrounded by a climbing plant like a grapevine against a dark-blue background. She could feel von Knecht looking at her. “That’s a semi-antique Motashemi-Keshan,” he said knowledgeably. She had a fleeting vision of her latest investment on the rug front, a rusty red rug with small primitive stick figures in the corners. The salesperson at IKEA had assured her that it was a genuine, hand-tied Gabbeh, for the reasonable price of only two thousand kronor. She loved her rug and thought that it lit up the whole living room from its place beneath the coffee table. Suddenly she had the equally fierce and foolish impulse to defend her rug. With more vehemence”
― Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss

“Murder is murder, and a killer is a killer! Even if he pisses in a gold chamberpot, he’s still a killer.”
― Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss

“door, but never in her wildest dreams had she expected Fru Karlsson to order one of everything they had. At least that’s what she seemed to have done. The cakes and pastries were set out on”
― Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss

“And you police officers! Can’t even tell the difference between girls and boys.”
― Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss

“The standards for graduates are getting worse and worse. They’re slackers. They think all they have to do is read a few pages in a textbook to make it! No desire whatsoever to do a little extra,” fumed the professor.”
― Helene Tursten, Detective Inspector Huss