yrsa sigurdardottir

Not For The Children

The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

March 6, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Having written a ton on the problematic nature of villainous adoptees in crime fiction, I went into Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s book with a healthy dose of skepticism that she could pull this off. I appreciate the authors work, having enjoyed The Last Ritual. I think she creates interesting characters and does a great job of bringing Iceland to life. But I kept hearing how twisty and shocking this was. And it involved three adoptees at the heart of the story. So my antennae was up. Did she […]

The Day is Dark

The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

August 23, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I thought “The Day is Dark” was very well done. I honestly didn’t know who did what to whom and I loved the different things that were going on and finding out what happened to each character. And I did love that science in the end is explaining what is happening to some of the people in the village, but the villagers took it as a different thing which played into their own mythos. Thora is feeling bored and gets the opportunity to work with […]

Ashes to Dust

Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

August 23, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I read Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s “I Remember You” which freaked me out. I went and started to read her mystery series since I heard good things about it. I have read books #1-2 and finished up books #3 and #4 this past weekend. I have to say that the entire mystery (a head/skeleton, and remains of 3 men buried in a village that was abandoned due to a volcano) was well done. I loved how Thora dug in on this and the actual reveal to the […]

A Middling Murder Mystery (BINGO #9!)

Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (author), Bernard Scudder (translator)

November 26, 2018 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Last Rituals is the first in series focusing on Thóra Guðmundsdóttir, Icelandic lawyer and divorced mother of two. We are introduced to Thóra following the discovery of the body of a young German student Harald Guntlieb at a university in Reykjavík, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police wasted no time in making an arrest, but the victim’s family isn’t convinced that they have the right person. They ask Thóra to investigate on the recommendation of her old professor and […]

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