Thora Gudmundsdottir Book 5
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
Yrsa Sigurdardottir works as a civil engineer and works in Reykjavik. She wrote prize-winning children's novels before writing LAST RITUALS, her first adult novel.