Someone to Watch Over Me: A Thriller (Hardcover) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

from smik

Despite the best intentions this is the first title that I have read by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. The storyline is intriguing: a very nasty inmate of a psychiatric prison wants to challenge the sentence which found a fellow inmate guilty of arson and the murder of four other residents of the care home...

from cathyskye

Yrsa Sigurdardóttir has created a superb, multi-layered plot with enough twists and turns to keep even the most devoted crime fiction fans guessing. As always, Thora's personal life intrudes on her investigation. In Someone to Watch Over Me, her parents move in her already crowded house to disrup...

from libgirl69

Great crime mystery mixed in with Icelandic family life.

from over.the.edge

Someone To Watch Over Me (Thora Gunmundsdottir Series #5) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 2013 Minotaur 5.0 / 5.0 Thora Gunmundsdottir is a high priced lawyer in Iceland. In this book of the series, #5, Thora has been hired by a convicted pedophile, Josteinn, who is locked in a home for the criminally ins...

from Birta

Another excellent mystery featuring Thóra Guðmundsdóttir the Reykjavik lawyer. The author draws on the classic lore of Icelandic beliefs in ghosts and hauntings, especially common from those whose murders have not been resolved or those who have otherwise met untimely deaths. With this traditiona...