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Someone to Watch Over Me

Thora Gudmundsdottir Book 5

Yrsa Sigurdardottir author Philip Roughton translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton

Published:27th Feb '14

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

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?

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 *
Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant. * Stylist *

ISBN: 9781444734447

Dimensions: 197mm x 134mm x 31mm

Weight: 340g

496 pages