Ashes to Dust

from mckait

I have to assume that this book flows more smoothly in its original language, because I found it rather painful to read. At first I had some issues with the names not being made to sound a little more "American" but I got over that. What I did not get over was the painfully slow story. I had begu...

from hairball

The premise of Ashes to Dust has a lot of potential, but execution is lacking. Thora, the lawyer investigating the case on behalf of her client, is very slow in putting together the clues--in fact, the various people involved end up telling her what's going on rather than Thora making any great d...

from shayrp76

Thora Gudmundsdottir's client's house was buried under ash during a volcanic eruption on an Icelandic village in 1973, while her client was just a teenager. When they go to the house to retrieve something of a personal nature to him bodies are found in the basement as well. When the childhood fri...

from klarsenmd

I received this book as part of the LT early reviewer program. When I read the description it was compared to the Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy. It too was set in a nordic island setting and involved a decades old murder, but that was where the similarities ended for me. While it was a decent m...

from maneekuhi

Ashes to Dust, Yrsa Sigurdardottir's third book after Last Rituals and My Soul To Take is very good, rated 4.5 stars. I had read the first book in the series, thought it was good, but that it dealt too much with 15th century Icelandic history, a period of time that put me to sleep. I had decided ...