FICTION

The Fire Dance

by Helene Tursten
Soho Crime. 2014. 320p. tr. from Swedish by Laura A. Wideburg. ISBN 9781616950101. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781616950118. MYS
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This is an earlier work (published in Sweden as Eldsdansen in 2005) involving Tursten's DI Irene Huss. Investigating the death of a dancer/choreographer, Huss recalls the serial arson case in which she first met the victim, Sophie, 15 years ago when Sophie's stepfather was killed in a fire, supposedly started by a cigarette. It's a case that has never sat right with Huss. At the time it was ruled an accident. Now years later, Sophie is dead after choreographing a new piece, "The Fire Dance." And then an elderly woman is killed. Is there a connection? Sophie's past is revealed to unearth some dark secrets.
VERDICT Although the plot falters and leads to a somewhat predictable ending, series fans will enjoy the details of Huss's early career and her continuing family saga of being a working mother of teenage twins. Readers of Anne Holt or Mari Jungstedt will enjoy this installment
Reviewed by Frances Thorsen, Chronicles of Crime Bookshop, Victoria, BC , Feb 14, 2014
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