A Novel Of Iceland
William Morrow
May 2009
On Sale: May 1, 2009
Featuring: Thora Gudmundsdottir
352 pages ISBN: 0061143383 EAN: 9780061143380 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Long-buried secrets go hand in hand with
modern-day murder in this second thriller featuring attorney
Thóra Gudmundsdóttir from Iceland's queen of crime fiction
When the body of a young woman—badly
beaten and with pins inserted into her feet—is found at a
New Age health resort in a renovated farmhouse, lawyer and
single mother of two Thóra Gudmundsdóttir is called upon to
represent the chief suspect, the resort's owner. But upon
her arrival she encounters more than a fresh corpse—local
legend has it that the resort, located in the mystical
region of Snæfellsnes on Iceland's west coast, is haunted.
At first Thóra dismisses the claims as nothing more than
myth and superstition, but even she can't explain the
bizarre occurrences she witnesses in her search for answers.
As Thóra digs deeper into the farm's past, she
discovers long-buried information on the property's
disturbing history, and her once-solid view of reality
begins to waver. Are the hauntings real, or just a case of
folklore gone wild? And, more important, does the farm's
eerie past have something to do with the murder? When
another body is discovered—looking very much like the
first—Thóra is forced to put aside her doubts and confront
the horrors of the present before a twisted killer strikes
again.
With its confident plotting, chilling
atmosphere, and smart, compelling heroine, My Soul to
Take confirms Yrsa Sigurdardóttir as a new maven of
mysteries.
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