The Glass Devil is the latest book by the Swedish author Helene Tursten. Her books take place in Gothenberg on the southwestern part of Sweden. A gruesome triple murder is discovered and Irene Huss and her colleagues begin the investigation. The victims are members of a religious family; the husband, wife and oldest son are killed. The surroundings of the victims show signs of possible Satanic rituals and the detectives begin to learn as much about that as they can. However, that turns out to be a misdirection. Huss goes to England to meet with the only surviving member of the family, a daughter who is a computer professional. The daughter is distraut and Irene and her colleagues assume that it is because of the murder.
Huss is an interesting character, for all of the mayhem and horror of the murders, she has a happy home life with her husband and two daughters. The juxtaposition between the murdered family and Huss is clear and her character shares little of the angst that seems to suffuse the lives of many of the male detectives in crime fiction. All is revealed at the end although it seems like Tursten skipped a step or two to get there. Altogether another satisfying entry in the Inspector Irene Huss series.
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