Hunting game
Tursten, Helene
From a young age
28-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts. Though she still develops unhealthy fixations and makes rash decisions from time to time
she has learned to channel most of her anxious energy into her position as Detective Inspector in the mobile unit in Gothenburg
Sweden
and into sports. A talented hunter and prize-winning Nordic welterweight
she is glad to be taking a vacation from her high-stress job to attend the annual moose hunt with her family and friends. But when Embla arrives at her uncle's cabin in rural Dalsland
she sees an unfamiliar face has joined the group: Peter
an enigmatic young divorce. And she isn't the only one to take notice. One longtime member of the hunt doesn't welcome the presence of an outsider and is quick to point out that with Peter
the group's number reaches thirteen
a bad omen for the week. Sure enough
a string of unsettling incidents follow
culminating in the disappearance of two men from a neighboring group of hunters. Embla takes charge of the search
and they soon find one of the missing men floating facedown in the nearby lake
his arm tightly wedged between two rocks. Just what she needs on her vacation. With the help of local reinforcements
Embla delves into the dark pasts of her fellow hunters in search of a killer.
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