My soul to take : a novel of Iceland / Yrsa Sigurdardottir ; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder and Anna Yates.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Icelandic Publication details: New York, NY : William Morrow, c2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 346 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0061143383 (acidfree paper)
- 9780061143380 (acid-free paper)
- Sér grefur gröf English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Top notch crime fiction."
--Boston Globe American readers first met Icelandic lawyer and investigator Thóra Gudmundsdóttir in Last Rituals. In My Soul to Take, internationally acclaimed author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir plunges her intrepid heroine into even graver peril, in a riveting thriller set against the harsh landscape of Smila's Sense of Snow territory. A darkly witty and continually surprising suspense tale that places Yrsa Sigurdardóttir firmly in the ranks of Sue Grafton, Tess Gerritsen, Faye Kellerman and other top mystery writers, My Soul to Take is ingenious Scandinavian noir on a par with the works of Henning Mankell and Arnaldur Indridason. Stieg Larsson (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) fans should also take note."This book was originally published in Iceland in Icelandic in 2006 by Verold Publishing."
Originally published as: Sér grefur gröf. Reykjavík : Veröld Pub., 2006.
In the aftermath of a young woman's murder at a farmhouse-turned-health resort, lawyer Thora finds the investigation complicated by a rumor that the site is haunted, a concept that takes a toll on Thora's views of reality.