Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson.

Daily Telegraph

Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world.

- Peter James,

A tough and yet moving novel, lifted even further by its extraordinary originality of setting and theme.

- 50 Best Thrillers and Crime Novels of the Past 5 Years, Sunday Times

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Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.

Stylist

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?

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Chilling Icelandic crime from the internationally bestselling author of LAST RITUALS and ASHES TO DUST.
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
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Chilling Icelandic crime from the internationally bestselling author of LAST RITUALS and ASHES TO DUST.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781444734447
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Hodder & Stoughton; Hodder Paperback
Vekt
340 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

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Om bidragsyterne

Author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand-alone thrillers, Yrsa Sigurdardottir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1963 and works as a civil engineer. She made her crime fiction debut in 2005 with LAST RITUALS, the first instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Her work stands 'comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world' according to the Times Literary Supplement. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year's best Scandinavian crime novel. All of her books have been European bestsellers.