Someone To Watch Over Me (Book 5 Of Thora Gudmundsdottir)
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9781444734447
Description: A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent. If he didn't do it, who...
Description: A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent. If he didn't do it, who did? And how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit and run on her way to babysit? A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel.
Review: A tough and yet deeply moving novel, lifted even further by its extraordinary originality of setting and theme. SUNDAY TIMES 50 BEST THRILLERS AND CRIME NOVELS OF THE PAST 5 YEARS Yrsa Sigurdardottir is ensconced at or near the summit of Nordic crime writing, and the lawyer Thora Gudmundsdottir is an appealing heroine full of real-life problems. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is Sigurdardottir's most ambitious, deepest novel, less reliant on the Icelandic landscape, more concerned with damaged minds. The Times Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson Daily Telegraph on ASHES TO DUST 'Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.' Stylist on THE DAY IS DARK Publishers and blurb writers are competing to hail the new monarch of Nordic crime fiction ... I would be tempted to offer a name not from the obvious crime soil of Sweden or Norway, but from bleak and moody Iceland ... Marcel Berlins, The Times Stands comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world TLS on ASHES TO DUST 'Superbly atmospheric' Heat on THE DAY IS DARK 'The twists and turns are as chilling as the weather ... [a] pageturner' Bella on THE DAY IS DARK
Author Biography: Yrsa Sigurdardottir works as a civil engineer and lives in Reykjavik. All her adult novels have been European bestsellers.
Chilling Icelandic crime from the internationally bestselling author of LAST RITUALS and ASHES TO DUST.
Review: A tough and yet deeply moving novel, lifted even further by its extraordinary originality of setting and theme. SUNDAY TIMES 50 BEST THRILLERS AND CRIME NOVELS OF THE PAST 5 YEARS Yrsa Sigurdardottir is ensconced at or near the summit of Nordic crime writing, and the lawyer Thora Gudmundsdottir is an appealing heroine full of real-life problems. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is Sigurdardottir's most ambitious, deepest novel, less reliant on the Icelandic landscape, more concerned with damaged minds. The Times Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson Daily Telegraph on ASHES TO DUST 'Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.' Stylist on THE DAY IS DARK Publishers and blurb writers are competing to hail the new monarch of Nordic crime fiction ... I would be tempted to offer a name not from the obvious crime soil of Sweden or Norway, but from bleak and moody Iceland ... Marcel Berlins, The Times Stands comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world TLS on ASHES TO DUST 'Superbly atmospheric' Heat on THE DAY IS DARK 'The twists and turns are as chilling as the weather ... [a] pageturner' Bella on THE DAY IS DARK
Author Biography: Yrsa Sigurdardottir works as a civil engineer and lives in Reykjavik. All her adult novels have been European bestsellers.
Chilling Icelandic crime from the internationally bestselling author of LAST RITUALS and ASHES TO DUST.
| Autor | Sigurdardottir, Yrsa |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2014 |
| Kirjastus | Hodder & Stoughton General Division |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 396 |
| Pikkus | 197 |
| Laius | 197 |
| Keel | English |
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